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Walden_ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

亨利·大卫·梭罗
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ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

I heartily accept the motto, -- "That government is best which

governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly

and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which

also I believe, -- "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. Government is at best but an

expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are

sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought

against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve

to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing

government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing

government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the

people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be

abused and perverted before the people can act through it. Witness

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作品简介：

Walden (also known as Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's life for two years and two months in second-growth forest around the shores of Walden Pond, not far from his friends and family in Concord, Massachusetts. Walden was written so that the stay appears to be a year, with expressed seasonal divisions. Thoreau called it an experiment in simple living.

Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised.

作者:亨利·大卫·梭罗

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《Walden》最热门章节：
1、ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE2、Conclusion3、Spring4、The Pond in Winter5、Winter Animals6、Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors7、House-Warming8、Brute Neighbors9、Higher Laws10、Baker Farm
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