Question

What does Thoreau mean when he writes, “For most men, it appears to me, are in
a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or God"? What is the antecedent
of "it"? What is the key point he is making here?
(Waldens questions)
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Answer 1

The basic idea of this quote )and the lines that come before it) is that one must live life to the fullest extent possible. Thoreau is giving this as his reason for coming out into the woods. He doesn't want to be in the position where, when he's about to die, he realizes that he never really lived.