The Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862 creator text utu 2019 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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 Rejected by The Dial and unpublished during his lifetime, this provocative work uses war and military discipline as surprising metaphors for conducting one's life.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.) Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Service Release date is 2019-12-18 Original publication data not identified American essays -- 19th century PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60951 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60951 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134414.0 60951