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33: 39: 1595: 550:, that he would speak in a public ball on the condition and character of John Brown, on Sunday evening, and invited all people to come. The Republican Committee, the Abolitionist Committee, sent him word that it was premature and not advisable. He replied,—“I did not send to you for advice, but to announce that I am to speak.” The hall was filled at an early hour by people of all parties, and his earnest eulogy of the hero was heard by all respectfully, by many with a sympathy that surprised themselves. 596:, who say their prayers and then go to sleep aware of injustice but doing nothing to change it. Similarly, Thoreau states those who believe Brown threw his life away and died as a fool, are themselves fools. Brown gave his life for justice, not for material gains, and was completely sane, perhaps more so than any other human being. Rebutting the arguments based on the small number of rebels, Thoreau responds "when were the good and the brave ever in a majority?" Thoreau also points out the irony of 379: 579:
A unique man, Thoreau proclaimed in admiration, Brown was highly moral and humane. Independent, "under the auspices of John Brown and nobody else", and direct of speech, Brown instilled fear, which he attributed to a lack of cause, into large groups of men who supported slavery. Incomparable to man,
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Thoreau vents at the scores of Americans who have voiced their displeasure and scorn for John Brown. The same people, Thoreau says, can't relate to Brown because of their concrete stances and "dead" existences; they are truly not living, only a handful of men have lived. Thoreau also criticizes
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Brown himself, after being found guilty of murder, treason, and inciting a slave insurrection, was hanged on December 2, 1859. Although largely called a failure at the time, the raid and Brown's subsequent execution impelled the
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and his fellow countrymen who characterized Brown as foolish and insane – he painted a portrait of a peerless man whose embrace of a cause was unparalleled. Brown's commitment to justice and adherence to the
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Thoreau's essay espoused John Brown and his fight for abolition. In opposition with popular opinion of the time – Thoreau vehemently refuted the claims of
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and create a violent rebellion against the South. After 36 hours, the revolt was suppressed by Federal forces led by
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Before the first friendly word had been spoken for Captain John Brown, he sent notices to most houses in
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Thoreau likens Brown's execution – he states that he regards Brown as dead before his actual death – to
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forced him to fight state-sponsored injustice, one he was only affected by in spirit.
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A complete collection of Thoreau's essays, including
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Index

Henry David Thoreau
Maxham daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau, aged 39, made in 1856
Thoreau's signature
Civil Disobedience
Herald of Freedom
The Last Days of John Brown
Life Without Principle
Paradise (to be) Regained
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Reform and the Reformers
Remarks After the
Hanging of John Brown

The Service
Sir Walter Raleigh
Slavery in Massachusetts
Thomas Carlyle and His Works
Walden
A Walk to Wachusett
A Week on the Concord and
Merrimack Rivers

Wendell Phillips Before the
Concord Lyceum

The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Thoreau Society
Abolitionism
Anarchism
Anarchism in the United States
Civil disobedience
Concord, Massachusetts
Conscientious objection
Direct action
Ecology
Environmentalism

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