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Answer:
The instructions are clear. Write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. If the teacher hasn't provided any story ideas, then make one up or write one based on your experiences.
Explanation:
The Thoreau feel that the people who serve the state have the same worth as dogs or horses and that they should receive no more respect then a man of straw or a lump of dirt, so these people feel that working for the state rarely make any moral distinctions,and it also says in the paragraph that they are likely to serve the devil. So by this article we can clearly see that they are apposed to any form of serving the state.
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Citations from sources you used.
Reading the excerpt "Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen."
After reading it, the conclusion is that the false premise in this excerpt is that people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing.
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