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How did Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau feel about war with Mexico?

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Thoreau entitled his essay "Civil Disobedience." In it he declared that if all citizens who opposed the Mexican War followed his example and went to jail for their beliefs, the government could be forced to end the conflict.

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