some keep the sabbath going to church; i keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome. wh
at attitude toward social habits does this excerpt indicate? social habits can be a cure for loneliness. social habits are meaningless and arbitrary. social habits are important for preservation of a community. social habits should be followed by all individuals.
Answer: B - social habits are meaningless and arbitrary.
This exerpt indicates that social habits are <em>meaningless</em> because it seems to indicate that the same outward motions performed in a church service or symbolic objects can be obtained at home, and <em>arbitrary</em> because the speaker says that only some people keep the sabbath going to church, not everybody, which shows it is not interesting for them.
