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The Rails Under The Railroad Are Dead Bodies By Henry David Thoreau
I can use my phone to look up anything at the tip of my fingers. I totally agree with Thoreau's own words from his excerpt. Also he uses a lot of good vocabulary. I also agree with a lot of their quotes that they use, but they are a little long. I use my phone about 3 hours a day which equals 21 hours in a week. I think that is a lot less than other people use. I need to get off of my phone just like Thoreau.

When Thoreau uses the quote, “ the rails under the railroad are dead bodies”, I agree with that. These stories are talking about how much more the world could be if we didn't have laptops and or cell phones. Also,according to Heitmans story, he agrees with Thoreau and describes the same thing as him. I think that if we got rid of cellphones
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