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as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...

a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...

Thinking Orientals by Henry Yu and The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger are contrasted and compared in 8 pages. Two sources a...

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...

In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...

In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

In five pages this paper examines the ideological differences between Jefferson's and Thoreau's views regarding the citizen and th...

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837" (Anonymous Henry D(avid) Thoreau (1817-1862) thoreau....

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...