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that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...

understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

Whitmans lyric style -- "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Although the subject of the poem is a lonely spider, the tone is formal, wh...

ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...

446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...

mankind needs to hear. One of those messages is that of the role of poetry, for himself, and for mankind. He sees himself as a t...

that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

the Civil War and when he heard that his brother was wounded he left for Fredericksburg and cared for his brother, along with othe...

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

much that is god-like in human beings. It is humanity hes celebrating. Kuebrich believes "that Whitmans work is not only religio...

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

In four pages this essay analyzes Emerson's quote and the philosophies that inspired this outlook....

In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

himself with a sense of timelessness. Each of the poets gives the reader a sense of a good friend explaining something with an at...

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

Two of Walt Whitman's most famous works, O Captain, My Captain and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, capture the essence o...