Read the excerpt from Walden by Henry David Thoreau.(1) Many think that seeds improve with age. (2) I have no doubt that time discriminates between the good and the bad; and when at last I shall plant, I shall be less likely to be disappointed. (3) But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. (4) It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.