As for Clothing, to come at once to the practical part of the question, perhaps we are led oftener by the love of novelty and a regard for the opinions of men, in procuring it, than by a true utility. Let him who has work to do recollect that the object of clothing is, first, to retain the vital heat, and secondly, in this state of society, to cove

At the present day, and in this country, as I find by my own experience, a few implements, a knife, an axe, a spade, a wheelbarrow, etc., and for the studious, lamplight, stationery, and access to a few books, rank next to necessaries, and can all be obtained at a trifling cost.

For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labor of my hands, and I found that, by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of

Arthur avait une prédilection pour Henry David Thoreau, qui était parti vivre quelques années en semi-ermite sur les berges de l’étang de Walden, au fin fond du Massachusetts. En voilà un qui avait poussé le dépouillement jusqu’à ses ultimes conséquences. Il passait son temps à éliminer plutôt qu’à accumuler, vivant dans une seule pièce avec trois