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    freedom of speech and they will not be their own person any more. A person’s right to speak their mind and express their ideas is what brings great change to this world. Henry David Thoreau says in Civil Disobedience‚ “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. (Thoreau‚ Henry David)” Let us not live alike the men that are scared to speak up. Let us rise above and free Ebrima Manneh to

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    Cited: Poemhunters.com. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013. "Quotations by Author." Walt Whitman Quotes. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013. Thoreau‚ Henry D. "Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau." Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. Jone Johnson Lewis‚ n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013. Thoreau‚ Henry D. Walden. N.p.: Jalic‚ 2003. Print. Whitman‚ Walt. "(1836)Nature." Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oregon State College‚ n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013. Whitman‚ Walt. "Self Reliance

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    In Civil Disobedience‚ Henry David Thoreau encouraged Americans to “cast your whole vote‚ not a strip of paper merely‚ but your whole influence” to fight against the evil of slavery. I disagree with Henry Thoreau methods when John Brown did his raid on Harpers Ferry because Henry Thoreau says in Civil Disobedience to protest peacefully by disobeying a bad law‚ not taking hostages and hurting people. What John Brown did was wrong and should’ve taken a better route by protesting peacefully. Rosa Parks

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    Name AP Language & Composition April 15‚ 2013 Conversation – Economy In “Economy”‚ Thoreau writes‚ “Most of the luxuries‚ and many of the so called comforts of life‚ are not only indispensible‚ but positive hinderances to the elevation of mankind”. He also poses two questions that address both microeconomics and macroeconomics: “What is the nature of the luxury which enervates and destroys nations?” and “Are we sure there is none of it in our own lives?” After having read Waste by Wendell

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    Cited: "Civil Disobedience." http://www.quotegarden.com/civil- disobedience.html. N.p.‚ 09 Sep 2010. Web. 28 Nov 2010. . Thoreau‚ Henry David. "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience." Transcendentalists. N.p.‚ 09 Mar 2009. Web. 28 Nov 2010. .

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    “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” Essay You are homeless and have almost no possessions. Would you consider yourself rich or poor? You would call yourself poor‚ of course. Henry David Thoreau would disagree. In the mid1800s he decided to abandon civilization and live alone on Walden Pond. For two years he lived in a cabin away from other people. He was free of the complications of normal life and lived very simply‚ without worries. In his essay‚ Thoreau claims that those without many possessions

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    Henry David Thoreau wrote in his book Civil Disobedience: "Must the citizen ever for a moment‚ or in the least degree‚ resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first‚ and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law‚ so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right." (Henry David Thoreau Quotes) This is the quote which I had at the top

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    Henry David Thoreau Essay There are so many things that we can learn from Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Why I Went into the Woods” from Walden. But the idea of his that I can relate to and believe in the most is that of “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life‚ to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life‚ to cut a broad swath and shave close‚ to drive life into a corner‚ and reduce it to its lowest terms‚ and‚ if it proved to be mean‚ why then

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    thing as their essence. Plato‚ through his stories of Socrates and Socrates views‚ began the debate that has served both as an intellectual argument and an effort to understand human existence for millennia. The 19th century philosopher and writing Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) In Walden‚ his account of an extended stay in the woods‚ he wrote that he wanted to follow nature ’s example‚ to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach‚ and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived." And‚

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    Logos‚ Ethos and Pathos in “Civil Disobedience” Henry David Thoreau uses many examples of the logos‚ ethos and pathos appeals in his essay titled “Civil Disobedience”. Thoreau’s ideals and opinions on the state of the government in 1849 are represented throughout his essay‚ and he uses logical reasoning‚ credible examples‚ and draws on the emotional appeals of his audience to represent his thesis. Thoreau’s uses multiple analogies presenting logical appeal‚ or logos‚ throughout his essay. In

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