4. thoreau most likely intends the following
metaphor to suggest which of these answer
choices?
the
noble,
ned and
e knows
"when i hear it at work sometimes, as i go by,
it reminds me, at best, of those farmers who in
winter contrive to turn a penny by following
the coopering business. and what kind of spirit
is their barrel made to hold? they speculate in
stocks, and bore holes in mountains, but they are
not competent to lay out even a decent highway."
s possible
clusions?
msing its