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Henry Thoreau
Title: Henry Thoreau
Category: History
Details: Words: 1197 | Pages: 5.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Henry Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817. He was
born to parents that were very intelligent, yet poor and undistinguished. Despite their struggle
with poverty, "their home was a center of affection and vivacity." Thoreau was the third of four children
and he showed an early love of nature and was the "scholar" of the family, going on to learn many
languages. Because Henry showed so much promise as a student, his …showed first 75 words of 1197 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1197 total…he imagined that the
masses would eventually begin passive resistance against the government. In the century that has
passed, the state has grown larger and the individual smaller than he ever could of imagined as he
penned: There will never be a really free and enlightened state, until the state comes to recognize the
individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived,
and treats him accordingly.
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