Thoreau rejects many things as inessential or unimportant. list three things that were important to him, citing specific lines from the text to support your answer.

Based on Thoreau's book entitled Walden, truth is important to him when he said "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." In Walden, he also said simplicity is important in the quote, "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say..." He viewed life without capitalism as important in the essay "Life Without Principle", stating 'In my opinion, the sun was made to light worthier toil than this.'

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.