... and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" was one Gandhi took to heart. But civil disobedience and passive resistance were believed by Gandhi to be inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi ... was working towards. In 1910 Gandhi founded Tolstoy Farms, in Johannesburg, which was a cooperative colony for Indians to go to. The first of ... streets in their squatting meditat...

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... masses followed him for the sole reason that he "approached the poor with the mind of the poor" (Chadha, I). Gandhi soon became revered by the majority of the people and was often called the "Mahatma", meaning the "great -souled" one. The Indian people saw him as their way out, but ... above all he was seen to be practical and effective. Gandhi was also an innovator of politics. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was also considered to be one of ... assured that "Non-violence does not mean meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means the pitting of one's whole soul against th...

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... figure standing up for what he or she believes in. Henry David Thoreau's essay, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," advocates the need to prioritize one's conscience over the dictates of laws. Thoreau said that when there is an unjust government in power, such as that of the United States in the 1840s (according to Thoreau), it is not only the right, but also the ... they are commonly treated by it as enemies." (224) In Thoreau's ideal society, these men would not be penalized for their defiance of authority, and thus Krutch's quote would serve no meaning amongst the people because the...

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