than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
if u know the answer can u explain to me the meaning of this quotee?? what is thoreau trying to say wit this??
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way.
***A quote about independence, doing things your way.
Thoreu also said the following. Think about it...both really emphasize the importance of an individual being true to himself and his beliefs rather than blindly following the flock. Sometimes doing this is a very uncomfortable thing (sitting on a pumpkin, for instance) but that is preferred to taking the comfortable easy way of following the crowd.
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Walden
He would give up comfort for solitude.
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