Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war.
Resistance to Civil Government, called Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.
Resistance to Civil Government, called Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.
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Thoreau's sojourn in the wilderness
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It makes their books completely unreadable. About On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.
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Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.