Hi Comacho,
One other thing I meant to say about Thoreau. Sometimes he gives us the impression of being a guy who knocks about Concord, somebody good at loafing and most interested in avoiding work. I'm pretty sure this guy is a literary creation of Thoreau. In fact, I don't think HDT was capable of spending a day as I am able to, just goofing off and having nothing to show for it afterwards. He had enormous self-discipline and self-direction. Most of us need to have jobs just because otherwise we'd be at loose ends (and often are when we retire). Not Henry. All you have to do is notice his voluminous notebooks, with amazingly detailed data of every sort that he collected, to realize that he was extremely focused and dedicated to his craft of writing.
DW