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S8 Ep661: 5. Henry David Thoreau expressed deep regret over exterminated species, yet most Americans ignored extinction risks. A global market economy soon commodified wildlife like beavers, fueled by Adam Smith’s philosophy of self-interest. (5)

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🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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5. Henry David Thoreau expressed deep regret over exterminated species, yet most Americans ignored extinction risks. A global market economy soon commodified wildlife like beavers, fueled by Adam Smith’s philosophy of self-interest. (5)
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Continuing with Professor Dan Flores,

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his new book is Wild New World,

0:54.9

the epic story of animals and people in America.

1:03.5

Henry David Thoreau, certainly a man celebrated for his literary skill and his observation talents,

1:07.1

wrote very carefully, this is the 19th century,

1:13.1

when I consider that the nobler animals have been exterminated here, the cougar, panther, lynx,

1:19.7

Wolverine, wolf bear, moose, deer, the beaver, the turkey, I cannot but feel as if I have lived in a tamed and, as it were, emasculated country. I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of

1:26.4

the spring, thinking that I have heard the

1:29.1

entire poem, and then to my chagrin, I hear that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess

1:34.7

and have read, that my ancestors have torn out many of the first leaves and grandest passages

1:40.7

and mutilated in many places.

1:47.6

I read that a loud, Professor professor because it's extremely sad and very accurate. In your telling, you fill in the parts that Henry David Thoreau moves

1:57.5

quickly past as he celebrates a pond.

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