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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Person
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gptkbp:advocated_for
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gptkb:Self-reliance
Nonviolent resistance
Simple living
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gptkbp:associated_with
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Transcendentalism
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gptkbp:born
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July 12, 1817
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:None
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:Ethics
American transcendentalism
Civil rights philosophy
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gptkbp:died
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May 6, 1862
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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" I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately."
" The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
" Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."
" That government is best which governs least."
" If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."
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John Thoreau
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau_Society
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
American literature
Environmental movement
Nature writing
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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gptkbp:known_for
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Environmentalism
Social criticism
Advocating for civil rights
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influence on civil rights movements
Cultural icon in American literature
Influence on modern environmentalism
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Walden
gptkb:Civil_Disobedience
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Biology
gptkb:Writer
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Concord,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Concord,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:None
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:cape
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Henry_David_Thoreau
gptkb:A_Week_on_the_Concord_and_Merrimack_Rivers
gptkb:Life_Without_Principle
gptkb:The_Maine_Woods
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau
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