the mass of men serve that state thus not as men mainly but as machines with their bodies they are standing army and the militia jailers constables posses comitatus ect. in most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgement or of the moral sense but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones and wooden men can perphaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well how does Thoreau use logos in this passage A.) by overwhelming the reader with examples that have strong connotations