Henry David Thoreau a-t-il vraiment dit « I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately » ?

Henry David Thoreau a-t-il vraiment dit « I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Henry David Thoreau. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, …
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau, ¶190 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #205 · source

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