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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 book ''[[Walden]]'' (1854), an account of a two-year period during which he lived in relative solitude near the shores of Walden Pond in [[Massachusetts]], and for ''Civil Disobedience'' (1849), an essay which depicts his arrest for refusing to pay a poll tax in 1845 that would support the [[Mexican-American War]] and [[slavery]]. In ''A Plea for John Brown'' (1859) he defended the [[Harper's Ferry Raid]].

'''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 book ''[[Walden]]'' (1854), an account of a two-year period during which he lived in relative solitude near the shores of Walden Pond in [[Massachusetts]], and for ''Civil Disobedience'' (1849), an essay which depicts his arrest for refusing to pay a poll tax in 1845 that would support the [[Mexican-American War]] and [[slavery]]. In ''A Plea for John Brown'' (1859) he defended the [[Harper's Ferry Raid]].

When asked, on his deathbed, whether he had made his peace with God, Thoreau responded, "I did not know we had ever quarreled."

When asked, on his deathbed, whether he had made his peace with God, Thoreau responded, "I did not know we had ever quarreled."

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