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Understanding the Structure of a Quote from Henry David Thoreau
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- In this question, the user is seeking clarification on the structure of a quote from Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'.
- The user wants to know the meaning of the phrase 'and not' in the second half of the quote.
- They also want to understand what is omitted after the phrase 'when I came to die'.
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言葉を補うと下記のようになるのではありませんか。 I came to the woods because I wished to live deliberately and because I wished to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and I wished to see if I could not (when I came to die) discover that I had not lived.
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