My impression of him was a guy up in the New England sticks, sitting on his porch, and looking out over a pond as he contemplates nature. Henry David Thoreau never struck me as that type of writer. Thought leaders who jolt you into an awareness. Second, I’ve always been inspired by the more overtly provocative writers: Rand, Orwell, Paine, Didion, and T.
In fact, I am one of the least likely individuals to engage in breaking a law to prove a point, let alone someone who would look to do harm to property or my fellow man.
Thoreau and the subject of civil disobedience would not normally be on top of my reading list for two reasons.įirst, I am not the civil disobedience type never have been and probably never will be. I recently read Henry David Thoreau’s essay, Civil Disobedience. In trying times like these, thought-provoking reading helps place the current environment in better perspective. Order, stability, and civility seem to be in scarce supply of late, no matter where you live, what politics you subscribe to, or how old you are. Americans who desire order, stability, and civility in life find themselves having endured a painful string of recent months.
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