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Henry David Thoreau's Accomplishments

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After Thoreau’s graduation from Harvard College, David Henry Thoreau changed his name to Henry David Thoreau. The young man returned to his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. In the year of 1837, America was in the midst of an economic depression. Many people did not have a job and the people with a job were scared of losing it. Being a Harvard graduate, as Thoreau was, opening the door to many opportunities and vast job titles. Four popular professions of such prestige school offered an advanced ranking in the military. Thoreau felt unfit for the military, his views on the government and how America was currently not in a war felt no place to enroll. The law was also an option but often disagreed with the rules and regulations of the government
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