English, 24.07.2021 23:30 doggielover36

Read the following passage from “resistance to civil government” by Henry David Thoreau: Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. it does not keep the country free. it does not settle the west. it does not educate. the character inherent in the american people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

how does Thoreau use a parallelism in this passage?

a. to emphasize the words “but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way”

b. to draw attention to what the american people do that the government doesn’t

c. to add the surprising revelation that the government gets in the way of progress

d. to compare the government to an obstacle, such as a tall mountain or river

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