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... his writing and somewhat connected to ethical appeal, is existent within the piece: "The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor." Thoreau here radiates emotion while connecting morality; he is inviting the audience to be humble and not allow the power ... to emotion through the word of the Lord, that is universally known to be sagacious. Further along in the piece, the writer speaks of this experience in jail with a prisoner: "I pumped my fellow-prisoner as dry as I could for fear I should n...
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