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noun - United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
THOREAU - Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax r...
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| Born in 1817, solo nature boy 1845-1847, became one with the earth in 1862 |
| In "Civil Disobedience", he called his night in Concord Jail "novel and interesting enough" |
| In "Civil Disobedience", this transcendentalist said, "That government is best which governs least" |
| His 1849 "Resistance to Civil Government" outlined his belief in nonviolent protest |
| Contemporary reviews called this writer "A Yankee Diogenes" & the "Concord Diogenes" |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson once employed this thinker as a gardener & handyman |
| "Pond"er this: Yale is the proud owner of 2 pieces of wood from his cabin at Walden |
| ...wrote the line "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" |
| "A Winter Walk" & "Slavery in Massachusetts" are essays by this 19th century American |
| A year after he retired to Walden Pond, he headed for the backwoods of Maine & wrote 3 essays about his trip there |
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Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. * Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attenti |