Henry Thoreau e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As to the pencil business. I wish to show his dutiful and respectful attitude toward his family, and the important part he bore in improving their lead pencil business and putting it for the time beyond competition in this coun try, giving them a good maintenance; although his life was too valuable to him to put into lead-pencils. Suppose he had done so?