Question

In "Life without Principle," Thoreau writes, "I would have had him deal with his privatest experience, as the poet does." What does this statement mean?



A. Courtrooms are places where people traditionally lie.
B. People talk only about trivial things.
C. Speeches should employ figurative (poetic) language to get their points across.
D. People should speak from their hearts and say what's on their minds.

Answer 1

D.  People should speak from their hearts and say what's on their minds.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D. In "Life without Principle", Thoreau writes the statement in order to represent that people should speak from their hears and say what's on their minds. "Life without Principle" is an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1863. In it, Thoreau writes about the importance of having liberty to follow and to express our own opinions, and how when people just follows business, money and economic success, the meaning of life gets lost.