Regarding Micah's question about MT and crowds, I think your study would be helped by reading his "US of Lyncherdom," which is I think a very important essay in understanding T's thinking on a number of matters, including a few individual "heroes," and the great mass of cowards, the mobs. Then read Thoreau's "Civil Dis." and see if you think (as I do) that it's the same idea at base. Terry Oggel [log in to unmask]