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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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Answer:

the shallow bottom???

Step-by-step explanation:

because it does plant an image in our minds to show us how shallow it is

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