select the passage that has a more discouraged tone. we may imagine a time when, in the infancy of the human…

select the passage that has a more discouraged tone. we may imagine a time when, in the infancy of the human race, some enterprising mortal crept into a hollow in a rock for shelter. who does not remember the interest with which, when young, he or she looked at shelving rocks, or any approach to a cave? i found a leaning slab of rock and crept beneath it as a wild animal would have done. through the remaining hours of the night, i shivered and shook there, my imagination dulled, my ambition dampened. adapted from henry david thoreau, walden and joe mills, a mountain boyhood

select the passage that has a more discouraged tone. we may imagine a time when, in the infancy of the human race, some enterprising mortal crept into a hollow in a rock for shelter. who does not remember the interest with which, when young, he or she looked at shelving rocks, or any approach to a cave? i found a leaning slab of rock and crept beneath it as a wild animal would have done. through the remaining hours of the night, i shivered and shook there, my imagination dulled, my ambition dampened. adapted from henry david thoreau, walden and joe mills, a mountain boyhood

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Brief Explanations:

The first passage is more about imagination in human history and childhood curiosity. The second passage uses words like "shivered", "shook", "imagination dulled", "ambition dampened" which convey a discouraged tone.

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The second passage: "I found a leaning slab of rock and crept beneath it as a wild animal would have done. Through the remaining hours of the night, I shivered and shook there, my imagination dulled, my ambition dampened."