If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.