In "Civil Disobedience," what is Thoreau’s last thought about the state before he loses respect for it?

Thoreau describes the state as “half-witted” and timid, then says it did not know its friends from its foes. That is his last thought about the state before he says he lost all his remaining respect for it. The correct choice is that the state can’t tell its friends from its enemies.

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