1. what is henry david thoreau calling for early in paragraph 2 when he writes,
“simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! "?

By writing 'Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity' Henry David Thoreau is calling for a simple life, to lead a life of simplicity.

Explanation:

Henry David Thoreau is an author of the novel ‘Where I Lived, and What I Lived for.’ The main purpose of this novel is to insist readers to lead a simple life.

In the novel, we will come across a paragraph where Henry writes, ‘Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!’ By this he means that a man shouldn’t be overly possessed by materialistic things and he should live a simple life which involves living in our natural surroundings. A man should nourish his body and his soul.

answer: it means that he would rather write than preach.

explanation: its what it says

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.