How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as _my_ government which is the _slave's_ government also.

Place: ¶576
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