Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 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.
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