Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The chief want, in every state that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants.
Citations
Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 12, no. 72, Oct. 1863, p. 413.
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
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