Thoreau means when he says the line “as for work, we haven’t any of any consequence” is all work that we do is trivial and meaningless. He also means that there is not any work of importance, it is all trivial and meaningless. Henry David Thoreau is an essayist, historian, surveyor, naturalist, tax resister, philosopher, and poet.
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The tone I would have would be frustrated, little angry and disappointed
Awkward to move, cumbersome is a funny word but I'm sure that's the answer, if not look on google