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100 1 _aHaultain, Arnold,
_d1857-1941
245 1 0 _aOf Walks and Walking Tours: An Attempt to find a Philosophy and a Creed
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2014-06-19
505 0 _aGolf and walking -- The essence of a walk -- Notable walkers -- My earliest walks -- India -- English byways -- A spring morning in England -- Autumn reveries -- Spirituality of nature -- Practical transcendentalism -- Spring in Canada -- Autumn in Canada -- Winter in Canada -- The mood for walking -- Evening meditations -- The unity of nature -- Instinct for walking -- A woeful walk -- Autumn in Canada again -- The walking tour -- The tramp's dietary -- Practical details -- The beauty of landscape -- Warnings to the over-zealous -- How that all points to the infinite -- The pleasures of walking -- Is walking selfish? -- The pæan of being.
508 _aProduced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Of Walks and Walking Tours: An Attempt to find a Philosophy and a Creed" by Arnold Haultain is a reflective essay written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a philosophical exploration of the art of walking and the deeper meanings and experiences that can be derived from it. Through a combination of personal anecdotes and broader observations about nature, the author endeavors to uncover a philosophy related to the simple pleasure of walking in the natural world. At the start of the work, the author discusses the advent of golf as a distraction from country walks, emphasizing how it has diminished the simple joy of a walk without an objective. He articulates the essence of a true walk as one devoid of aim or mental burden, inviting openness to nature's lessons. Haultain references notable historical figures who were also walkers, suggesting a connection between walking and spiritual enlightenment. Through personal recollections, including walks in diverse landscapes such as England and India, he sets the stage for a larger examination of the interplay between nature and human consciousness, hinting at profound realizations that walking can inspire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWalking
653 _aOutdoor life
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46030
999 _c86869
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