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| − | '''Henry David Thoreau''' (1817-1862) was an American writer and philosopher, and along with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], a major figure in the Transcendentalist movement. He is perhaps best known for his writings ''Walden'', his account of a two year period in which he lived in relative | + | '''Henry David Thoreau''' (1817-1862) was an American writer and philosopher, and along with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], a major figure in the Transcendentalist movement. He is perhaps best known for his writings ''Walden'', his account of a two year period in which he lived in relative solitude in Walden Pond in Massachusetts, and ''Civil Disobedience'', which depicts his refusal to pay a tax that would support the Mexican-American War and his resulting arrest. |
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer and philosopher, and along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, a major figure in the Transcendentalist movement. He is perhaps best known for his writings Walden, his account of a two year period in which he lived in relative solitude in Walden Pond in Massachusetts, and Civil Disobedience, which depicts his refusal to pay a tax that would support the Mexican-American War and his resulting arrest.