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Similarities Between Henry David Thoreau And Ben Franklin

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Thoreau vs. Ben Franklin

Henry David Thoreau and Ben Franklin are both very different in beliefs but are still both considered great writers in American History. Their religious views for one were very different but both were wise for the world they were in. They also had some similarities on the nature of man and society. Henry David Thoreau believed in Transcendentalism, which is coming one with nature and humans should be self reliant. While Franklin believed that God created earth and humans but didn’t interfere which is called Deism. While these views on mankind were different they would agree that man was created clean but society in a way ruined them. Thoreau’s writing style was considered abstract at the time, people had said that
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