Assertion: henry's attitude | /r/HasProperty | widespread
Facets:
value: among his contemporaries
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In denouncing a specific pernicious attitude that is widespread among his contemporaries, Thoreau also seeks to identify and analyze the general tendency it exemplifies to defer to public opinion: for this reason, his project of social critique is not only relevant to his parochial context but has universal implications.