I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.
In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
I was a very independent teenager.
I worked on a farm for a little bit.
I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.
Frankly, I love my independence too much to give it up.
The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.
I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence of feeling.
I have always been independent.