![]() ![]() ![]() Yet our knowledge of Henry David Thoreau is incomplete, outdated, and often inaccurate. He was a scientist, a storyteller, a seeker of truth, and a fighter for our nation’s first principles. His essay “Civil Disobedience” has inspired activists and reformers from Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., to Colin Kaepernick and Greta Thunberg. His best-known work, Walden, is considered a masterpiece and figures on every list of essential American books. He has been called the patron saint of the environmental movement and the father of nonviolent resistance. We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.” “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation… ![]()
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