Question

When in this except from Call Disobedienor by Henry David Thoreau support the transcendentalist idea that the individual is more

what is it but a tradition, though a recent one endeavoring to transmit self unimpaired to posterity, but each int
sing some stegrity? It has not the stality and force of a single ining man for a single man can bend it to his will it is a sort of wooden gun to
But a govement in which the majorty nie in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a
ment in wetash majors do not virtually decide night and wrong, but conscience in which majorities decide only those questions to which the
e di expediency is applicable? Must the citizen over for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislation? Why has every
man concense them? 1 think that we should be men first and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivale a respect for the law so much as
night. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no
concebut a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a consciende

Answer 1

The excerpt supports the transcendentalist idea that the individual is more important than the majority.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is English. The question is asking about supporting the transcendentalist idea that the individual is more important than the majority. The excerpt from Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience' talks about how the individual's conscience should not be compromised by legislation, and how individuals should prioritize doing what they believe is right over blindly following the law.

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