Read this excerpt from "Solitude" by Henry David Thoreau. The wildest animals do not repose, but seek their prey now; the fox, and skunk, and rabbit, now roam the fields and woods without fear. They are Nature’s watchmen —links which connect the days of animated life.

How does Thoreau distinguish the natural world, perhaps in contrast to the human world?

He describes the manner by which the forest sustains life.

He characterizes nature by its constant alertness and activity.

He characterizes nature by its lack of reservation.

He describes the organized structure of the forest world.

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself. As I walk along the stony shore of the pond in my shirt sleeves, though it is cool as well as cloudy and windy, and I see nothing special to attract