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Epic card · Arts
Henry David Thoreau, an Epic card
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 700,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
- Thoreau's books, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes.
- Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Henry David Thoreau article was read about 700,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Henry David Thoreau
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Henry David Thoreau (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Benjamin D. Maxham active 1848 - 1858, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
