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Which American written work served as political inspiration for Russian author Leo Tolstoy, Indian political leader Mohandas Gandhi and American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.?
  1. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. Common Sense
  3. Civil Disobedience
  4. Leaves of Grass
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Answer: C - Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience has served as inspiration to innumerable political and cultural leaders all over the world. In it, the author advocates nonviolent political protest as a necessary form of political speech that should be used to counter unjust acts. Nonviolence was the common theme that united all of the aforementioned individuals.
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