History question..need help with some answers!?

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1.Thoreau’s statement, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” is one of the most famous lines in American literature. What does he mean, and what does he think is the cause?

2.What does Thoreau mean when he writes, " We do not ride on the railroad;it rides upon us"?
 
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