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The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
I have heard it said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but can mere written words change the course of history? Henry David Thoreau did nothing to directly change the course of history, but his words did influence others who did change the course of history; ....
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.... Thoreau flourished with Emerson as his mentor. He kept an extensive journal and became an avid reader of Hindu scripture.” (Twentieth p346) Gandhi would later say that he “received back from America what was fundamentally the philosophy of India after it had been distilled and crystallized in the mind of Thoreau.” (Miller 238-239)
Mahatma Gandhi, also know simply as Gandhi, was born in what is now Gujarât in 1869. He was educated at the University College in London in the field of law. After joining the British Bar Association, Gandhi again returned to India and tried to s ....
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