瓦爾登湖翻譯209

The only co-operation which is commonly possible is exceedingly partial and superficial; and what little true co-operation there is, is as if it were not, being a harmony inaudible to men.If a man has faith, he will co-operate with equal faith everywhere; if he has not faith, he will continue to live like the rest of the world, whatever company he is joined to.To co-operate in the highest as well as the lowest sense, means to get our living together.

達成最佳合作的通常極極有限而且是表面上的；略微真實的合作彷彿不存在似的，是一種安安靜靜的和諧。如果一個人有信仰，無論走哪兒他都會跟有相同的信仰的人合作；如果他沒有信仰，無論他跟誰作伴，他會繼續跟世界上的其他人一樣生活著。合作好好賴賴，就是我們要共同生活。