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Originally Posted by Ezrigirl
As a former college student with only a undergrad degree, I have read "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau. And if someone is a former college student, and did not read the book -- they did miss out on a major college experience.
His civil disobedience dealing with the Mexican American War, is far more interesting. In a way, he is the founding father of the civil disobedience movements during the last century within America and the international community. Taking his civil disobedience, and wanting a simple basic lifestyle, leaders in civil disobedience have become major iconic international icons.
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I have an undergraduate degree (plus), too, but I read both "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience" in high school. That's kind of you to give a little summary regarding what motivated his essay "Civil Disobedience", but "Walden" has a little bit of a different emphasis. We sometimes take different things from different writings.
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