Read the following excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government" Now, what are they? Men at all? Or small moveable forts and magazines, at service of some unscrupulous man in power? Which of these rhetorical devices does thoreau use here?
He wrote the essay "Civil Disobedience," encouraging rebellion against government when society is unhappy with its decisions.
Henry David Thoreau died on May 6, 1862 at the age of 44.
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they both believed in taking a stand on their belifs without violence
Sam Gribley and Thoreau both wrote essays (Books) about their adventures of living in natural surroundings.
People criticize soldier for many reasons. Many people do it because of the job they do.
That the army is one part of the government
Henry David Thoreau promoted the philosophical movement transcendentalism.
"The chief end of man" is to "glorify God and enjoy him forever."
He saw it as a way for fighting for what he believes in and a way to reform goverment.
Henry was put in jail due to failure to pay his taxes. Bringing up the question 'Why did he not pay his taxes?' Henry refused to pay his taxes which went to the government and he believed his tax money supported the Mexican War. Henry wanted nothing to do with killing of any human being.
Henry has written:
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He was a nonconformist who believed, among other things, that no one should do what is against their own will. He was trying to prove that though we live in a free country, he was more free than those who conformed and payed their taxes.