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ofcapri

9-10-2009 9:27 AM

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Can Something "Wrong," Really Be Something "Right?" - Rebecca Anne Kroll - "Thoreau's act of Civil Disobedience did not clog any government wheels.... Instead it echoed throughout the world as a way for people to affect change in something that they did not think was right.

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9-10-2009 10:21 AM

chestnut501

Thoreau certainly had a influence on my young life.

9-10-2009 12:41 PM

ofcapri

@chestnut501 - Yes, I agree also. Theroeau's philosophy is still debated and discussed in the collages.

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