Thoreau’s reasons for moving to the woods are; to live in front of essential facts of life, to live sturdily and spartan like, to drive life to a corner, the purpose of thoreaus writing is to inform his journey of living in a cabin that he built in the woods. The lines 26-40 are talking about what thoreau why he is doing this, living by himself and what he hopes to gain from it.
The preposition is 'I' I think. I could be wrong.
Answer:
The allusion in this passage and its interpretation is "Thousands are ushered into the world"; although some slaves have white fathers, they are still lineal descendants of Ham and should remain slaves.
Explanation:
This allusion makes reference to the biblical curse over Ca'naan, where it says "And he said, Cursed be Ca'naan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." this says that generation after generation the sons are cursed to be under the demands of their "owners" due to the lack of respect of Ca'naan towards his father.
