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Why did 'Civil Disobedience' take so long to write?

The author was being Thoreau

Why was Civil Disobedience such a good essay?

Thoreau editing.

As the foreman was inspecting the workmen on site, he was surprised to find one worker hanging from a rope in the middle of the room repeating, "I'm a chandelier, I'm a chandelier."

The foreman gives him a stern talking-to as the other men watch, and then orders him back to work.

During his next inspection of the same room, again the worker is hanging from the rope doing exactly what he was told not to.

Furious at his disobedience the foreman fires him on the spot...

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Mahatma Gandhi The Wise?

I thought not. It's not a story the British would tell you.

It's a Hindi legend. Gandhi was an Indian activist, so powerful and wise he could walk miles and miles without shoes, developing blisters on his feet. He had such a knowledge of resilience, he could even live through hunger strikes w...

Ghandi is my role model

Everyone knows about Gandhi. Pacifist, role model of MLK, and arguably the most important man in the movement of Indian independence. Of course, aside from his upstanding character, he did have a multitude of physical flaws. As an Indian peasant, he rarely wore shoes because he was too poor to affor...

Jesus is dying on the cross

Jesus is dying on the cross. Peter is down the hill looking up in anguish at his savior. He then hears faintly from the cross high above his head, "Peter. . . Peter. . ." Peter is both excited and fearful. He is determined to get past the Roman Centurions to see what he can do for his master in his ...

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