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    with an illuminating promise (Thoreau‚ “Economy‚” 4) . The promise to have property (terra nullius)‚ and in that property‚ is the tabula rasa of man’s new beginnings. Yet that liberty came at the further expense of aboriginal‚ black‚ and enviromental freedom. The flame from liberty’s chalice casts its lawful protection of those considered citizens‚ and in that‚ disavows certain men from that sense of having security: “[a] slave and prisoner of his own [private] opinion of himself” (4). The material

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    claim that the Civil Service is the ‘real government’ in this country. Bethan Boyes Her Majesty’s Civil Service is a hierarchical‚ unelected organisation that plays an integral part in decision-making within the British political system. Operating discreetly as a highly functioning component of the core executive‚ the civil service is a permanent bureaucracy whose role is to serve and assist the incumbent government. Operating within Whitehall‚ historically it’s been the work of the civil service to

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    Culture is a crucial aspect of learning. It not only shapes the thinking process of individuals but it also plays a role in how people communicate and receive information. During my multicultural field experience at Henry Thoreau Elementary School‚ I developed a cultural knowledge base‚ incorporated a culturally relevant curriculum‚ built a cultural learning community‚ acknowledged cross-cultural communication‚ and integrated cultural congruity in instruction‚ to help insure I was being a culturally

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    1 Maddie Middlebrooks EN 209-016 November 6‚ 2013 Word Count 1278 To Think for Yourself Henry David Thoreau ’s‚ Walden‚ is a novel focused completely around the idea of self-reliance. In the novel‚ Thoreau goes even more in depth into this idea‚ focusing a passage on the specific idea of experiencing your life solely for yourself‚ not through the ideas or beliefs of anyone else. He states‚ "No way of thinking or doing‚ however ancient‚ can be trusted without proof"(1616). He fully believes

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    Economy Thoreau was a writer like no other. In March 1865 he decided to build a log cabbing by walden pond. He built this cabin in Massachusetts in a town called Concord. He builds this cabin to as a personal experiment. He was using this cabin as a tool to transcend from the society. He had his mind made up and put into detailed focus that he would find out everything there is to discover about humans. The reason why he built the log cabin away from everyone is because he thought that the

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    Quotes that answer specific questions: What is civil disobedience? All men recognize the right of revolution; that is‚ the right to refuse allegiance to‚ and to resist‚ the government‚ when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. But almost all say that such is not the case now. But such was the case‚ they think‚ in the Revolution of ’75. If one were to tell me that this was a bad government because it taxed certain foreign commodities brought to its ports‚ it is most

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    1. Civil liberties are individual legal and constitutional protections against the government. Civil liberties are explicitly states in the Bill of Rights‚ which are the first ten amendments in the Constitution. Disputes over civil liberties often end up in court and sometimes the Supreme Court that is the final interpreter of content and scope of our liberties. Civil liberties are the legal constitutional protections against government. The courts‚ police‚ and legislatures all define their meaning

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    however we need peaceful resistances. We need to work as a society and make a change for the better. We need to accept and agree to the differences. The laws are something we cannot change or give opinion on. It is what t is‚ but society needs peaceful resistances to laws to positively impact society. We cant impact our society with the negatives. Negatives such as breaking the law‚ civil disobedience‚ and threats of the law. We have to be remembered for the good resistance that we have. In January

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    Henry David Thoreau warned that “it’s not what you look at that matters‚ it’s what you see‚” referencing the illusions of grandeur that haunt youth‚ making young adults constantly unsatisfied with their accomplishments. Constant comparison with others coupled with unrealistic desire for adventure make happiness futile‚ as people value every moment of euphoria only as much as it compares to their friend’s. However‚ with age‚ Thoreau’s perspective becomes more prominent‚ as adults realize that their

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    The Negative Effects of Peaceful Resistance Civil disobedience is the way in which peaceful resistance comes to play. Gandhi in Gandhi and Civil Disobedience states that “In my humble opinion‚ noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good”‚ this is significant because when people riot‚ burn buildings or make threats‚ that is not anymore effective as when people hold up signs and chant. Peaceful resistance to laws negatively impact a free society by resorting to violence‚

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