henry david thoreau

Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers

First published 1890 · edited by H. S. Salt
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i
Slavery in Massachusetts
An Address, delivered at the Anti-Slavery Celebration at Framingham, July 4th, 1854.
ii
Prayer
Pythagoras said that the time when men are honestest, is when they present themselves before the gods. If we can overhear the prayer, we…
iii
Civil Disobedience
I heartily accept the motto,—"That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and…
iv
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Read to the citizens of Concord, Mass., Sunday Evening, October 30, 1859.
v
Paradise (To Be) Regained
"Democratic Review," New York, November, 1843.
vi
Herald of Freedom
From "The Dial," Boston, April, 1844.
vii
Thomas Carlyle and His Works
Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia, March, 1847.
viii
Life without Principle
Atlantic Monthly, Boston, October, 1863.
ix
Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum
From "The Liberator," March 28, 1845.
x
The Last Days of John Brown
Read at North Elba, July 4, 1860.