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Why does Henry David Thoreau say that he decided to move to Walden Pond?

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He desired to learn what life had to teach him.
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Thoreau moved to the woods of Walden Pond to learn to live deliberately. He desired to learn what life had to teach him. He moved to the woods to experience a purposeful life.
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