Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian, two of his greatest works are: "Resistance to Civil Government" (also known as "Civil Disobedience") and "The Mask of Anarchy". His ideals can be summarized by this statement: “the Government should not have more power than the bestowed by its citizens”.
Henry David Thoreau left the woods to return to civilization for one reason:
He felt he had spent enough time there.
Here is the evidence to support that choice:
it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one. It is remarkable <u>how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.”</u>
