The main purpose of paragraph 4 is to A.
illustrate the connection between nature and honest wages
B.
provide an example of the argument presented in paragraph 5
C.
serve as a metaphor for Thoreau’s definition of life
D.
present a counterargument to the one presented in paragraph 4
E.
provide an example of how man is destroying nature without reason

(paragraph 4)
If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down! (4)