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From "Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau, Henry David
Strolling Indian
A Native American encountered by Thoreau, selling baskets.
Core Belief
"Hard work should be rewarded with success, but the white man's system often fails to provide this."
Worldview
The world is a place of economic disparity, where traditional skills are not always valued.
Personality
Industrious but naive, struggling to adapt to the white man's economic system.
In Their Own Words
"Do you wish to buy any baskets?"
"What! do you mean to starve us?"
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