The Service by Henry David Thoreau
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"The Service" by Henry David Thoreau is an essay written in 1840. Rejected by The Dial and unpublished during his lifetime, this provocative work uses war and military discipline as surprising metaphors for conducting one's life. Writing against the popular pacifist "nonresistance" movement of his era, Thoreau warns that pacifism can slip into dangerous passivity. He advocates instead for a spirited crusade of active engagement—combining war's energy with peace's calmness, seeking neither
victory nor defeat, but earnest commitment to life's campaign. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Service |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Service |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American essays -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 60951 |
| Release Date | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 294 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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