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All right people we're going toe speed Read this thing

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for you Way must learn to reawaken He becomes awake

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can plain tinkering above them and ofall rail roads are

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not build How shall we All right we done yet

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the main purpose of this passage is to do what

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other than bore you to death All right Well the

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correct answer here Wait for it Yes It's a one

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of the most famous lines from walden summarizes henry david

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throws main idea I went to the woods because i

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wished to live deliberately That's what he said that's how

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we talk of the recording from that actual era Well

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the purpose of the excerpt is to drive this point

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home The remaining answer choices support the main purpose of

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the passage Criticisms of modern life indian commerce be both

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helped to explain why thoreau said sayonara to society the

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rose emphasis on natural beauty and his qualms about technology

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or definitely in line with conservationists argument see however throw

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is more about changing the way individuals live their lives

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He doesn't make an explicit argument for conservation anywhere in

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the passage that's all about individuality like frank sinatra saying 00:01:11.526 --> [endTime] you know i did it my way

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