It was from Thoreau's essay, Civil Disobedience, that Gandhi borrowed the phrase used widely to describe his program These ancient Hindu writings were translated into English in the early 1800s. Thoreau himself was influenced by the writings of the forest wise men of India who wrote the Upanishads. Thoreau read & pondered them in the Harvard College library. So this political technique of boycott & non-violent protest has already crossed & re-crossed the ocean to strengthen hearts & to influence minds in South Asia, South Africa & in Alabama, U.S.A.
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