Answer: Thoreau compares the cable to a man with nothing to say to a deaf woman, supporting his idea that technology many make communication easier but not necessarily meaningful.
The answer is: [D]: "something that can be proven accurate" .
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Answer:
explains the order of the story/ you can use it to list events in order
Explanation:
I'm not sure but it has alot to do with sequence of events or developed into that later on since they used it to describe a place in time.
