Henry D. Thoreau: American Classics
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1535328126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831 – February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, author, and reformer. Sanborn was a social scientist, and a memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. He founded the American Social Science Association, in 1865, "to treat wisely the great social problems of the day." He was a member of the Secret Six, or "Committee of Six," which funded the militant abolitionist John Brown.
Though Civil Disobedience seems to call for improving rather than abolishing government—"I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" —the direction of this improvement points toward anarchism: "'That government is best which governs not at all;' and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have." Richard T. Thoreau is sometimes cited as an anarchist. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillip
Sanborn was a social scientist, and a memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831 – February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, author, and reformer. . He founded the American Social Science Association, in 1865, "to treat wisely the great social problems of the day." He was a member of the Secret Six, or "Committee of Six," which funded the militant abolitioni
Interesting Reading Amazon Customer This book is biography of Henry David Thoreau, written by a friend and neighbor. Sanborn was a publisher who went to live in Concord in the 1850s. He lodged with the Thoreau family for a time and thus was sometimes privy to family life in the Thoreau household. In this biography, Sanborn combines anecdotes from Channing