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  <title><![CDATA[On the Duty of Civil Disobedience]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henry David Thoreau]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[(This is a long post which can also be found here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://publiusnapkin.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/on-thoreaus-civil-disobedience/" title="http://publiusnapkin.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/on-thoreaus-civil-disobedience/">http://publiusnapkin.wordpress.com/2009/...</a>)<br/><br/>I had meant to read up on Thoreau for quite some time now, and took the opportunity yesterday to read the Project Gutenberg text of Civil Disobedience on my Kindle. I found the essay well-conce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70550222">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68153883">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 02:53:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 23:52:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't think I would enjoy reading this. I did, though, and I'm sure glad I picked it up. Written in a very articulate manner, the paper is enjoyable, convincing, inspiring and stimulating all at once. Thoreau's strong moral convictions and high respect for the individual are evident in each line....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68153883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19408743">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 03 17:59:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 03 18:41:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My students and I were talking in class about how Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi were both influenced by Thoreau's &quot;Civil Disobedience&quot; essay. The question arose in class as to whether there might be a person alive now that would have a dynamic personality and ability to speak ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19408743">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 15:28:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most of what Thoreau says I agree with.  Those things that I didn't agree with, might be because the way he said it was not the way I would have said it.  A short read that will get you thinking and a book that would be fun to discuss with a group of patriots.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good read if your are looking for some ideas to inspire the writing of dystopian fiction, or if you feel like a state-serving machine and you want to know what to do about it. I liked Walden better, but this one was more politically inspiring.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually read the e- book first, then have read the copy in my little portable Thoreau a few times since.<br/><br/>A remarkable essay that brings into focus the lack of balance there is between government and personal freedom. It's the foundation on Gandhi's non- violent movement, who thereby in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18049039">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 12 20:16:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is it.  All tied up in this small package of words is a truth that citizens across the world struggle generation after generation to realize.  For the underliners and note-takers out there...make sure you have a fresh pen, because there is not one wasted word in this essay.  Every line - EVERY ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4454121">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.<br/><br/>You must live within yourself, and depend upon yourself alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12144734">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[that we should all speak our convictions or suffer the consequences of not doing so<br/>that intelligent discourse can change policy<br/>that being stupid is stupid<br/>that being literate and principled is beautiful and of the highest calling<br/>good god-just read him-i can add nothing]]></body>
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    <review id="8730299">
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 06 16:57:47 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Warning: Reading this book will not only make you want to become more American, it will make you want actually excersize the rights we're supposed to have as Americans.]]></body>
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    <review id="44908031">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book just before my AP-English exam and wrote my essay on civil disobedience. A good read that still is valid today.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44908031]]></url>
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    <review id="26033609">
    <user id="771895">
    <name><![CDATA[Raymond]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thoreau's points are quite well made.  Living a life strictly on principle in this world is quite a difficult thing.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26033609]]></url>
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    <review id="36612296">
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    <name><![CDATA[Balint]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it on a sleepy morning and really liked it but to fully grasp the ideas I'll have to read it once more.]]></body>
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    <review id="39297722">
    <user id="1768885">
    <name><![CDATA[Stephenee]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This still pertains to today! ]]></body>
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    <review id="5880515">
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    <body><![CDATA[walden puts the w in rowdy]]></body>
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