In "Civil Disobedience," what is Thoreau's last thought about the state before he loses respect for it?

He finds the state's industrious locking of the cell door amusing.

He thinks the state can't tell its friends from its enemies.

He thinks the state is half-witted.

He finds the state unforgivably timid.

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Alisson Baker

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12 February, 01:27

In "Civil Disobedience," what is Thoreau's last thought about the state before he loses respect for it?

He finds the state's industrious locking of the cell door amusing.

He thinks the state can't tell its friends from its enemies.

He thinks the state is half-witted.

He finds the state unforgivably timid.

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Michael Farrell · Answer 1

In "Civil Disobedience", Thoreau thinks the state can't tell its friends from its enemies. That is his last thought about the state before he loses respect for it.

"Civil Disobedience" is an essay written by Henry David Thoreau in which he describes governments as "agents of injustice". This essay was published in 1849. Moreover, throughout his life, Thoreau showed his discontent with slavery. The textual words he uses to express that the state cannot tell its friends from its enemies are "that it [the state} did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it".

Skyler · Answer 2

the answer is he thinks the state cant tell its friends from its enemies.