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  What does "it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness" mean ? 

  Posted by aylaelbl on Aug 10, 2009 at 03:33 PM

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  Please summarize the night that Thoreau spent in jail.

  Posted by bpsking13 on Apr 9, 2009 at 01:56 PM

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  What is Thoreau's position on slavery in "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"?  

  Posted by bob123w on Jan 26, 2009 at 06:07 PM

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  What does Thoreau mean by his comment “It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail”?

  Posted by chank on Oct 22, 2008 at 09:32 AM

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  In 'The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail,' Henry Thoreau advise us to follow the pattern set by what animal by cleaning after ourselves?

  Posted by jenni9109mary on May 14, 2008 at 06:49 PM

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  Quote from "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail":  “A man‘s conviction is stronger than a flame or a bullet or a rock." 

  Posted by heiddman on Dec 28, 2007 at 09:38 AM

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  What is the central conflict in the play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail?

  Posted by phia18 on Aug 23, 2007 at 01:28 AM

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  I was wondering if anyone could think of two quotes that explain the quote(listed below in explanation) also that discuss henry's way of life and thinking.

  Posted by pjlax30 on Mar 13, 2007 at 04:45 PM