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Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. In the excerpt, Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate?

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His belief that the passing of hours and days are irrelevant.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the last sentence he talks about how "it slides away, but eternity remains" which makes me think he feels time is irrelevant and doesn't matter.

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