That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that has browsed off all the woods on Walden shore, that Trojan horse, with a thousand men in his belly, introduced by mercenary Greeks! Where is the country's champion, the Moore of Moore Hall, to meet him at the Deep Cut and thrust an avenging lance between the ribs of the bloated pest?

Summary

This quote by Henry David Thoreau is a criticism of the detrimental impact of industrialization on nature and society. Thoreau uses metaphorical language to describe the negative consequences brought by the "Iron Horse," or the steam locomotive, which he sees as a destructive force. He laments the polluted water, deforestation, and the invasion of modernization on Walden shore. Thoreau calls for a champion, like the legendary figure "the Moore of Moore Hall," to confront and defeat this symbol of unchecked industrial expansion.

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