Question

select the correct answer
which line from \civil disobedience\ by henry david thoreau may have influenced john lewiss beliefs?
a. i think sometimes, why, this people mean well, they are only ignorant, they would do better if they knew how: why give your neighbors this pain to treat you as they are not inclined to?
b. it was formerly the custom in our village, when a poor debtor came out of jail, for his acquaintances to salute him, looking through their fingers, which were crossed to represent the grating of a jail window, \how do ye do?\
c. i have never declined paying the highway tax, because i am as desirous of being a good neighbor as i am of being a bad subject; and as for supporting schools, i am doing my part to educate my fellow - countrymen now.
d. if others pay the tax which is demanded of me, from a sympathy with the state, they do but what they have already done in their own case, or rather they abet injustice to a greater extent than the state requires.
e. i asked him in my turn how he came there, presuming him to be an honest man, of course, and, as the world goes, i believe he was.

Explanation:

John Lewis was a civil - rights activist who believed in non - violent resistance and standing up against injustice. Option D from "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau speaks to the idea of others abetting injustice by complying with unjust demands (tax in this case), which aligns with Lewis's views on fighting against systemic injustice.

Answer:

D. If others pay the tax which is demanded of me, from a sympathy with the State, they do but what they have already done in their own case, or rather they abet injustice to a greater extent than the State requires