?I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.. I did not wish to live what was not life... nor did I whish to practice resignation... I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.? Henry David Thoreau used this as an explanation for his leaving civilization and going to live in the depths of the forest all by himself. As a well-known transcendentalist writer, his views …showed first 75 words of 1831 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1831 total…ways not just by being successful by society standards. The only way to truly live life is by being and individual and not to just wait for an opportunity to arise but to make your own destiny. Carpe Diem. ? The question, O me! so sad, recurring--What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer That you are here-- that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.?