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Thoreau was fervently against slavery and actively worked for abolitionism. Where, he participated in the Underground Railroad and in opposition with the popular opinion of the time. Two weeks after the ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry and in the weeks leading up to Brown's execution, Thoreau regularly delivered a speech to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts in which he compared the US government to Pontius Pilate.</span>
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The <em>Ganges River</em> in India is worshiped as a goddess, it has been a sacred not only due being a source of life for their fields and crops but also for water consumption, it has been called <em>"Holy Ganga",</em> their civilization developed around that great river; China on it's side has the longest Asian river, <em>the Yangtze</em>, China's civilization has also developed around this great river, for water consumption, irrigation for their rice fields, fisheries and other industrial practices, bringing wealth to people, and prosperity to the whole nation for many centuries.
Thus both civilizations developed around great river frameworks.
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