Question

Which excerpt from Walden BEST shows Thoreau living "deliberately"?A. "I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise…"B. "…for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night."C. "There was something cosmical about it; a standing advertisement…"D. "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts."

Answer 1

Thoreau living deliberately means that he wanted to experience the world and what it had to teach him. He wanted to discover nature and the world. So, the question is asking which showed him discovering nature? Seemingly meaningless exercises, like bathing in a pond, show this. So, in my opinion, choice A would be the best answer.