Henry David Thoreau : Collected Essays and Poems (Library of America) (edition 2001)

by Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Hall Witherell (Editor)

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A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle."

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Title:	Henry David Thoreau : Collected Essays and Poems (Library of America)
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Civil Disobedience 3/1/22: Boy, I don't know Henry. Read while considering purchasing a fancy Prototype Press edition. To agree with 'That government is best which governs least' and 'That government is best which governs not at all' is to agree with an argument for anarchy. It presupposes the failure of the project. Better to argue, with Lincoln, for the better angels of our nature, IMO. The slavers lost, after all, and they lost through the power of government. Properly understood, government, through the consent of the governed, is the only chance justice has to prevail.

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A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle."

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