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Read the following passage from resistance to civil government by Henry david Thoreau How does Thoreau use a parallelism in this passage

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The answer is "To draw attention to what the American people do that the government doesn't".
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It seems that you have missed to attach the given passage above from Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau, but anyway, here is the answer. Thoreau uses a parallelism in this passage by adding the surprising revelation that the government gets in the way of progress. Hope this helps.
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