Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate time in the excerpt. The second sentence is saying that he is in the midst of time/living, and he can "detect how shallow it is," meaning that he is aware that life is short and that the end is inevitable. Thoreau also describes time as being fleeting, but ever-present.
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The correct answer is all navigation near coral reefs, including anchorages and vessel routing that keep their safe distance and frequency at a minimum and respect all laws of utilization of marine resources and safe transit are not a threat to coral reefs. The threats would be excessive and unsafe navigation, abusive utilization of marine resources, pollution and hazardous material spills.
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creative problem solving, strong compensatory skills, persistence
Skills? I wouldn't say skills, but you think about what you red and write, you use what you know from your brain to basically understand words in a book or even when you write them down, etc. If this doesn't help, look up all the skills of reading and writing on google =)