Answer: He makes a comparison between the man with the muck-rake and journalists.
3) Class distinctions
In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Beckett's family wants to marry a rich noble because it will make them wealthy and be from a higher class.
This class distinction theme also appears in other books by her like Sense and Sensibility.
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Well here the author says that inner voice of us reveals our feelings, regrets in other words what we live in our life is reflected inside of us. So he gives the example of water .Like our life, it runs quickly and our life also one day will be cut off which means it 'll come to an end. So this sheet of water is one of the pages of our life which is one part of in our long life journey.
I'll recommend you to watch any video on stoicism
