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Henry David Thoreau
by Malvina Hoffman, 1962
Ralph Waldo Emerson
by John Crookshanks King, 1860-70
Souvenir Paperweight
1848; made from marble from the floor of the Pantheon
A gift from women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller to her friend Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lock and Key from Concord Jail
Birmingham, England, 1789
One of the most famous events in Henry Thoreau's life was his arrest for non-payment of taxes, a protest over the Mexican-American War and the expansion of slavery. His influential essay "Resistance to Civil Government," later titled "Civil Disobedience," is abut this episode. |