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Thoreau And Gandhi Similarities

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Thoreau was a poet and philosopher that wanted to lead people to a small self government. Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader that calls for india’s independence from Britain and other thing’s, protesting through non violence. Thoreau and Gandhi were both people that wanted to persuade others to follow their cause and did so in different ways, they both have similarities and differences. Thoreau’s and Gandhi’s similarities were that they both i were both people that wanted to persuade others to follow their causes, and they did so in different ways. there are some similarities as well, so they are good things to compare and contrast. Thoreau wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience" which discussed his issues with the government

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