Which comparison from walden conveys thoreau’s belief that people do not have to conform to what everyone around them is doing?

a.
if a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

b.
still we live meanly, like ants.

c.
like pygmies we fight with cranes.

d.
in the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands.

1: how did the rise of rulers with total power in europe and asia lead to world war 2?

Why was "impressment" an important issue during the jefferson administration? the united states was being treated disrespectfully, as the spanish navy was forcing american sailors into naval service for them. the united states was being treated disrespectfully, as the french navy was forcing american sailors into naval service for them. the united states was treating british navy with disrespect by forcing british sailors into naval service for them. the united states was being treated with disrespect on the high seas, as the british navy was forcing american sailors off their ships and into naval service for them. the united states was treating french navy with disrespect by forcing french sailors into naval service for them.

In the course of illness senerational campaign against stephen douglas in1858 abraham declared that