Very very very very very nice
As a Transcendentalist, Thoreau would be eager to see more people get back to nature.
Transcendentalism refers to philosophical thought that all people and nature are inherently good - it is the society and technology which corrupts people. So Thoreau as a transcendentalist would want people to get back in touch with nature which they come from.
“We count sheep to sleep, don’t you?”
It’s called an onomatopoeia, they are used a lot in comic books. :)