
Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Robin Field
During the same period, Thoreau endured a one-day imprisonment for his refusal to pay a poll tax, an act of protest against the government for supporting the Mexican War, to which he was morally opposed. In his essay, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," Thoreau defends the principles of such nonviolent protest, setting an example that has influenced such figures as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and endures to this day.
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Read and absorb
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Thoreau is such a hipster
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Some negatively comment on the slower pace of the reading.
I think the tempo is appropriate, if you are the type that require faster digestion of information then I would recommend some other topic entirely.
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Exceptional Narration
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I wished to live deliberately
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Mandatory reading\listeng
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interesting
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Containing little of substance beyond boring, truncated recollections of his two years living in the woods, Thoreau’s actual philosophy doesn’t even begin to come to the fore until the last 1/4. This is where his actual poetic voice finally begins to come forth, but it’s too little too late. Civil Disobedience is more engaging, containing a better thought-out philosophical ground and more gripping examinations of the nature of his life in Concord, MA.
Robin Field’s narration is dry; understandable given the subject material with which he was working. I give him credit for conveying some of the wistful idleness Thoreau championed, but a bit more engagement would have helped the slog of the writing.
Poor writing, ok delivery
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Teach me how to live Simply
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Relaxing!
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Civil Disobedience - Choosing not to participate
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