The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 151
... civil disobedience within a civilized state is by definition immoral . This argument is felt to be especially cogent in a democracy , where law is man - made and adjustable . We voluntarily relinquish some of our freedom and accept the ...
... civil disobedience within a civilized state is by definition immoral . This argument is felt to be especially cogent in a democracy , where law is man - made and adjustable . We voluntarily relinquish some of our freedom and accept the ...
Page 162
... civil dis- obedience which was first published in 1849. This essay , which has be- come an American classic , is reprinted in full below ; the text is that of the Riverside edition of Thoreau's works . CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE I heartily ...
... civil dis- obedience which was first published in 1849. This essay , which has be- come an American classic , is reprinted in full below ; the text is that of the Riverside edition of Thoreau's works . CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE I heartily ...
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... civil disobedience on a large scale as a means of inducing the British Government ( and others , we hope , in due course ) to abandon nuclear weapons and the protection that they are supposed to afford . Many critics have objected that ...
... civil disobedience on a large scale as a means of inducing the British Government ( and others , we hope , in due course ) to abandon nuclear weapons and the protection that they are supposed to afford . Many critics have objected that ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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