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It was mentioned as a famous essay stemming from Thoreau's experience of being jailed for refusing to pay taxes to fund the Mexican-American War, where he contemplated the nature of government and individual conscience.
And he has a really great quote here that kind of hits home to me. And anyone who thinks they might can change things or can't. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respe...
— Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
It was mentioned as a famous essay stemming from Thoreau's experience of being jailed for refusing to pay taxes to fund the Mexican-American War, where he contemplated the nature of government and individual conscience.
And he has a really great quote here that kind of hits home to me. And anyone who thinks they might can change things or can't. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect. And that will be one step toward obtaining it.
It said that Thoreau believed, it is not a man's duty as a matter of course to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong.
He may still properly have other concerns to engage him, but it is his duty at least to wash his hands of it and not give it practically as support.
Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
It was mentioned as an essay that grew out of Thoreau's experience being jailed for refusing to pay taxes that supported slavery. Key quotes from the essay were shared.
And anyone who thinks they can change things or can't, let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong. He may still properly have other concerns to engage him, but it is his duty at least to wash his hands of it and not give it practically as support.
Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
It was mentioned that this essay stemmed from Thoreau's experience of being jailed for refusing to pay taxes that funded slavery and the Mexican-American War. It was mentioned that he had a quote about the type of government that would command his respect.
Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect. And that will be one step toward obtaining it.
It is not a man's duty as a matter of course to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong.
