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To: My teacher, Prof. M. Ravinder Rao on January 4, 2005! Dear Sir, Firstly, I wish you would find a very happy new year in 2005. I am quite delighted to have received a mail from you. I remember on an occasion (of Teachers' day festival) you told us that a Teacher will be happy when the student first Understands, then Believes and finally Acts accordingly of what the Teacher has taught him.(forgive me if i missed out something). I think of that very often. Well, sir, I haven't been in touch with my Teachers at our KITS college,during the past year when i graduated. i take the whole blame on myself for not doing so. Each and every thing I learnt and experienced during my B.Tech, I shall cherish all my life. At the beginning of this new year, let me make a resolution that I shall not just keep my memories of the beautiful past and my own experiences with the world as I see it to myself.... I shall share them with my Teachers and fellow-students of my college. Kindly convey my W

To: Education@Walden.Org , 09 July, 2004. Dear Sir/Madam, I am an ardent admirer of Thoreau and am an avid reader of his influential essays. I cannot tell in words the kind of motivation I derive from studying Thoreau. I have a few collections of Thoreau's essays, including Walden, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. I seem to have natural ideas similar to what Thoreau seemed to elucidate in his writings. I am to admit that he is the most influential factor in my life. I would like to do a comprehensive study on life, thoughts, philosophy and literary contributions by Thoreau. So, I write to you to know of any way of getting this done. I know of the fact that to undestand Thoreau, the best way is to read his own works. I am reading Thoreau, but I consider that I have only limited access to his profound collection of thoughts. Kindly advice me, how to begin a comprehensive study of Thoreau as a philosopher rather than a naturalist. My primary interest in Thoreau is of

Dear XXXXXXXX, Without knowing what's in your mind, I am attempting to communicate to you my feelings, suddenly without having to take into consideration what you might feel. I must admit that I do not know how to act. I consider myself the biggest fool on earth. So, I have like others, different states of mind at different points of time. I feel that my status of mind wobbles a lot, more often than what could keep me sane. That is why, I always doubt my sanity. Don't go into details or jump to conclusions without thinking for yourself. I know I sound stupid. But I am stupid. Now, my state of mind is close to being crazy. I have made some terrible mistakes and regret about them. Deeply regret them. So, as Thoreau said: "to deeply regret is to live afresh'. so i am trying to live afresh. I have many friends but still I am a man of solitude. I love solitude. Of late, for the sake of my love of solitude, I have been hiding too many of my thoughts inside my head, which g