, he hadn’t. РHe avoided purchasing a farm because it would inevitably tie him down financially plicate his life. РThoreau didn’t see the acquisition of wealth as the goal for human existence, he saw the goal of life to be an exploration of the mind and of the magnificent world around us. РHe regarded the places as an existence free of obligations and full of leisure.Р3.Is it significant that Thoreau mentioned the Fourth of July as the day on which he began to stay in the woods? Why?РYes, it is.РBecause The Fourth of July is known as Independence Day,the birthday ot the United States.РHere Thoreau uses the day to express his beginning of regeneration at Walden.РIt also means a symbol of his conquest of being. Р4.How could you answer the question Thoreau asked at the end of this selection?
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