The sentence <em>The cat ate the rat </em>contains a direct object.
<em>The cat </em>is the subject, <em>ate </em>is the verb, <em>the rat </em>is the direct object.
Answer:
I think it's confident and authoritative. The statement that proves this is when the author says "We can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer".
Explanation:
Why is there life?
Life gods?
How do we get power?
Electric gods? Wind gods?
I don't know if these will help...