Henry Thoreau presumes that his cellmate's conviction in civil disobedience is genuine and that he truly believes in the cause for which he was imprisoned. Thoreau likely respects his cellmate for standing up for his beliefs, even at the cost of his freedom.
Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is peacefully not obeying unfair laws and Thoreau did this by not paying his taxes, and financing the war.
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Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau.
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Thoreau refers to civil disobedience as merley a right to show that the people have the say of what they believe in its their duty to stand for the unjust laws
"Civil Disobedience" was an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Henry David Thoreau. Either of them is arguably the founder/inventor of civil disobedience.
To explain his reaction to being arrested for not paying taxes
He was arrested for not paying taxes.