If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!

Henry David Thoreau

Life Without Principle

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Topic

Man and nature

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Life Without Principle The Atlantic

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." The Atlantic, Oct. 1863.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." Walden and Other Writings. Modern Library, 2000.

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I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

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Time
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation," or "Proclamation 95." 22 Sept. 1862.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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The destiny of the colored American…is the destiny of America.

Frederick Douglass

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Black Americans Race in America America
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.