Henry david thoreau biography ppt rubric

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Henry david thoreau biography ppt rubric

Lawrence Buell: Thoreau is a wonderful spokesman for the hazards of relying on the wisdom of elders and the need to check yourself for how much of your thinking as usual is an implant from your tribe, your family.

Your community, and do so in the assumption that you need to self correct against that and strike out in your own way.

A dose of Theropian disaffection and dissent can stand a person in good stead, not just a young person, but a person at any age, I think. How to be constructively and fruitfully irreverent and escape from the traps that otherwise would ensnare you.

And at the same time, avoid an extreme of perversity this opposition For opposition's sake,

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