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as   I   pass   quite   unseen�察  �no   words�察  �but   just   pleasant�察  �quiet   intonations   of 

human voices�察�borne through the still air�察�or the low sounds of cattle in the 

barnyards�察  �quieting   down   for   the   night�察  �and   often�察  �if   near   a   village�察  �the 

distant�察�slumbrous sound of a church bell�察�or even the rumble of a train 

how good all these sounds are� �They have all come to me again this week 

with renewed freshness and impressiveness。 I am living deep again� �

     It   was   not�察  �indeed�察  �until   last   Wednesday   that   I   began   to   get   my   fill�察�



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temporarily�察�of the outward satisfaction of the Roadthe primeval takings 

of the sensesthe mere joys of seeing�察�hearing�察�smelling�察�touching。 But on 

that day I began to wake up�察�I began to have a desire to know something 

of all the strange and interesting people who are working in their fields�察�or 

standing   invitingly   in   their   doorways�察  �or   so   busily   afoot   in   the   country 

roads。 Let me add�察�also�察�for this is one of the most important parts of my 

present experience�察�that this new desire was far from being wholly esoteric。 

I had also begun to have cravings which would not in the least be satisfied 

by landscapes or dulled by the sights and sounds of the road。 A whiff here 

and   there   from   a   doorway   at   mealtime   had   made   me   long   for   my   own 

home�察�for the sight of Harriet calling from the steps�此             �Dinner�察�David。; 

     But   I   had   covenanted   with   myself   long   before   starting   that   I   would 

literally ;live light in spring。; It was the one and primary condition I made 

with myselfand made with serious purposeand when I came away I had 

only enough money in my pocket and sandwiches in my pack to see me 

through   the   first three   or   four   days。 Any   man   may  brutally  pay  his   way 

anywhere�察�but it is quite another thing to be accepted by your humankind 

not as a paid lodger but as a friend。 Always�察�it seems to me�察�I have wanted 

to submit myself�察�and indeed submit the stranger�察�to that test。 Moreover�察�

how can any man look for true adventure in life if he always knows to a 

certainty where his next meal is coming from�拭�In a world so completely 

dominated by goods�察�by things�察�by possessions�察�and smothered by security�察�

what     fine  adventure     is  left  to  a  man   of   spirit  save   the  adventure     of 

poverty�拭�

     I   do   not   mean   by   this   the   adventure   of   involuntary   poverty�察  �for   I 

maintain that involuntary poverty�察�like involuntary riches�察�is a credit to no 

man。 It is only as we dominate life that we really live。 What I mean here�察�

if I may so express it�察�is an adventure in achieved poverty。 In the lives of 

such true men as Francis of Assisi and Tolstoi�察�that which draws the world 

to   them   in   secret   sympathy   is   not   that   they   lived   lives   of   poverty�察  �but 

rather�察�having riches at their hands�察�or for the very asking�察�that they chose 

poverty as the better way of life。 

     As for me�察�I do not in the least pretend to have accepted the final logic 



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of an achieved poverty。 I have merely abolished temporarily from my life 

a   few   hens   and   cows�察  �a   comfortable   old   farmhouse�察  �andcertain   other 

emoluments and hereditamentsbut remain the slave of sundry cloth upon 

my     back   and   sundry     articles  in  my    gray   bagincluding      a   fat  pocket 

volume or so�察�and a tin whistle。 Let them pass now。 To´morrow I may wish 

to attempt life with still less。 I might survive without my battered copy of 

;Montaigne;   or   even   submit   to   existence   without   that   sense   of   distant 

companionship symbolized by a postage´stamp�察�and as for trousers 

     In this deceptive world�察�how difficult attainment is perfection� �

     No�察�I expect I shall continue for a long time to owe the worm his silk�察�

the beast his hide�察�the sheep his wool�察�and the cat his perfume� �What I am 

seeking is something as simple and as quiet as the trees or the hills just 

to look out around me at the pleasant countryside�察�to enjoy a little of this 

show�察�to meet ��and to help a little if I may�� a few human beings�察�and thus 

to get nearly into the sweet kernel of human life��。 My friend�察�you may or 

may not think this a worthy object�察�if you do not�察�stop here�察�go no further 

with me�察�but if you do�察�why�察�we'll exchange great words on the road�察�we'll 

look   up   at   the   sky   together�察  �we'll   see   and   hear   the   finest   things   in   this 

world� �We'll enjoy the sun� �We'll live light in spring� �

     Until last Tuesday�察�then�察�I was carried easily and comfortably onward 

by   the   corn�察  �the   eggs�察  �and   the   honey   of   my   past   labours�察  �and   before 

Wednesday         noon     I  began      to   experience      in   certain    vital   centres 

recognizable   symptoms   of   a   variety   of   discomfort   anciently   familiar   to 

man。 And it was all the sharper because I did not know how or where I 

could assuage it。 In all my life�察�in spite of various ups and downs in a fat 

world�察  �I   don't   think   I   was   ever   before   genuinely   hungry。   Oh�察  �I've   been 

hungry in a reasonable�察�civilized way�察�but I have always known where in 

an hour or so I could get all I wanted to eata condition accountable�察�in 

this   world�察   �I  am   convinced�察    �for   no   end   of  stupidity。   But   to   be  both 

physically and�察�let us say�察�psychologically hungry�察�and not to know where 

or how to get anything to eat�察�adds something to the zest of life。 

     By    noon    on   Wednesday�察     �then�察  �I  was   reduced     quite   to  a  point   of 

necessity。     But   where     was    I  to  begin�察  �and    how�拭    �I  know    from    long 



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experience the suspicion with which the ordinary farmer meets the Man of 

the Road the man   who appears to   wish to enjoy the   fruits of the   earth 

without working for them�此�with his hands。 It is a distrust deep´seated and 

ages old。 Nor can the Man of the Road ever quite understand the Man of 

the Fields。 And here was I�察�for so long the stationary Man of the Fields�察�

essaying the role of the Man of the Road。 I experienced a sudden sense of 

the enlivenment of the faculties�此�I must now depend upon wit or cunning 

or   human   nature   to   win   my   way�察  �not   upon   mere   skill   of   the   hand   or 

strength in the bent back。 Whereas in my former life�察�when I was assailed 

by  a   Man   of   the   Road�察  �whether   tramp   or   peddler   or   poet�察 �I   had   only  to 

stand stock´still within my fences and say nothingthough indeed I never 

could do that�察�being far too much interested in every one who came   my 

wayand the invader was soon repelled。 There is nothing so resistant as 

the dull security of possession the stolidity of ownership� �

     Many times that day I stopped by a field side or at the end of a lane�察�or 

at a house´gate�察�and considered the possibilities of making an attack。 Oh�察�I 

measured the houses and barns I saw with a new eye� �The kind of country 

I had known so long and familiarly became a new and foreign land�察�full of 

strange possibilities。 I spied out the men in the fields and did not fail�察�also�察�

to see what I could of the commissary department of each farmstead as I 

passed。 I walked for miles looking thus for a favourable openingand with 

a sensation of embarrassment at once disagreeable and pleasurable。 As the 

afternoon began to deepen   I saw  that I   must absolutely  do something�此  �a 

whole day tramping in the open air without a bite

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