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I believe you are thinking of Henry David Thoreau, the author of _Walden_ and a friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author of the linked "Self Reliance."

• danaris 4y ago
  Hoooly crap, whoops! I always get those two mixed up. My apologies.
  • j4pe 4y ago
    You may enjoy HN darling(?) Pinboard's 2013 talk on Thoreau and his phoniness: (https://idlewords.com/talks/thoreau_2.0.htm https://idlewords.com/talks/thoreau_2.0.htm)