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Showing posts with label Henry David Thoreau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry David Thoreau. Show all posts

Walking / Henry David Thoreau

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Title: Walking  Author: Henry David Thoreau Subjects: Essay; Lecture  Walking is a transcendental essay in which Thoreau talks a...

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience / Henry David Thoreau

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Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) Author: Henry David Thoreau Subjects: Essay; Philosophy; P...

Walden / Henry David Thoreau

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Title: Walden  Author: Henry David Thoreau Subjects: Autobiography; Philosophy; Social  It is about simple living in natural surr...

Wild Apples / Henry David Thoreau

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THE HISTORY OF THE APPLE-TREE. It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man. The geolo...

Walking / Henry David Thoreau

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I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil--to regard man...

Slavery in Massachusetts / Henry David Thoreau

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I lately attended a meeting of the citizens of Concord, expecting, as one among many, to speak on the subject of slavery in Massachuse...

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience / Henry David Thoreau

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I heartily accept the motto, -- "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more ra...

A Plea For Captain John Brown / Henry David Thoreau

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I trust that you will pardon me for being here. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but I feel forced myself. Little as I kno...