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“It is not so important that many should be as good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.
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From ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE of Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.
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Source: Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience , ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
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View reference ↗From Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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