The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
A. argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism.
B. was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson.
C. felt every individual should balance society's expectations with one's own instincts.
D. argued Americans had a moral right to disobey laws considered unjust.
E. established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond.
Answer: D
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