01512cam a22003013u 4500 60951 UtSlPG 20260610134414.0 m cr n 260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 The Service Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2019 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Service Release date is 2019-12-18 "The Service" by Henry David Thoreau is an essay written in 1840. Rejected by The Dial and unpublished during his lifetime, this provocative work uses war and military discipline as surprising metaphors for conducting one's life. Writing against the popular pacifist "nonresistance" movement of his era, Thoreau warns that pacifism can slip into dangerous passivity. He advocates instead for a spirited crusade of active engagement—combining war's energy with peace's calmness, seeking neither victory nor defeat, but earnest commitment to life's campaign. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified American essays -- 19th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60951 101777 101777