How does thoreau's use of rhetorical

Thoreau uses a rhetorical question at the beginning of paragraph 2 to convince readers that the American government is more concerned with power and stability, or the ability to “transmit itself unimpaired to posterity,” than with fairness or honesty, “each instant losing some of its integrity.

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