In the june 1862 issue of the atlantic monthly magazine, american author and philosopher henry david thoreau published his essay "walking. " the essay is considered to be a classic expression of american transcendentalism, a nineteenth-century philosophical, literary, and social movement that was skeptical of conventional social institutions and fearful of the changes wrought by industrialism. Transcendentalists such as thoreau extolled self-reliance and encouraged a profound engagement with the natural world, which they sought to preserve in its pristine state. Read the passage carefully. Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices thoreau makes to convey his message about the value of walking in nature.