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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE - 1849
Henry David Thoreau
"Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his course to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O'er the grave where our hero we buried."
"I am too high-born to be propertied,
To be a secondary at control,
Or useful serving-man and instrument
To any sovereign state throughout the world."
"A drab of state, a cloth-o'-silver slut,
To have her train borne up, and her soul trail in the dirt."
"We must affect our country as our parents,And if at any time we alienate
Our love or industry from doing it honor,
We must respect effects and teach the soul
Matter of conscience and religion,
And not desire of rule or benefit."