LUNENBURG — After he spent the night in jail one July night in 1846 for refusing to pay his poll tax as an act of protest against slavery and the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau gave a lecture which ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind ...

"Do not obey in advance." -- Timothy Snyder Democracies rarely collapse abruptly. They erode quietly when ordinary people decide that speaking up is too awkward or not worth the trouble. Silence ...

Henry David Thoreau emphasises the importance of meaningful work and self-reflection in this quote. His ideas on simple living, industriousness, and the value of labor remain relevant even today, ...

In October of 2015, the New Yorker magazine ran an article by award-winning journalist Kathryn Schulz ttitled “Pond Scum: The Real Henry David Thoreau.” (The title was later changed in the online ...

Richard Smith spent 26 years in Henry David Thoreau’s clothes, but this was the first time there was another "Henry" in the room. Until his recent retirement, Smith, an author and historian, served as ...