8. Which sentence from the passage best explains why Thoreau chose to live in the woods? At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot
as the possible site of a house.
The upright white hewn studs and freshly planed door and window
casings gave it a clean and airy look, especially in the morning, when its
timbers were saturated with dew, so that I fancied that by noon some
sweet gum would exude from them.
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Though the view from my door was still more contracted, I did not feel
crowded or confined in the least.
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to
practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.
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