The meaning of the sentence int he context of the witch trial is:
1. Intelligent people watching the trial could see that it was not going to work.
The words that support the meaning of the sentence are:
2. The more thinking Part of the Spectators
- "A Witch Trial at Mount Holly" is a satire by Benjamin Franklin.
- The story is fake and serves only to criticize faith based on superstitions and prejudice.
- A man and a woman are accused of witchcraft. To make sure that they are guilty, they are placed in the water to drown.
- They are not the only ones, however. Even innocent people are in the water in order to make sure that the trial is fair and the method of drowning works.
- However, <u>no one sinks</u>. And, if everyone swims, that should mean <u>everyone is guilty</u>.
- Intelligent people <u>who are watching it all happen can see that it is not going to work</u>. The way people are bound and placed in the water will allow all of them to swim.
- With that, Franklin is basically saying that those responsible for the trial are not intelligent people.
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Answer: when a state of water is solid the molecules are moving slow when its a liquid they are moving faster and a gas they are moving faster than liquid
Explanation:
The writing of D-503 is very technical, objective, and straightforward, as we might expect from a mathematician.
This question is about the book "We" written by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Although you didn't show the answer options, we can say that:
- D-503 is a mathematician and rocket engineer.
- He is a scientist and presents very clear, direct, technical, and objective writing and language, as expected of someone with this profession.
- He is working on the construction of a rocket called We, which is being financed by the government in his region.
- The problem is that the government is authoritarian and has established a one-state system throughout the world.
- The rocket is being built to conquer other planets and D-503 is writing a diary to be taken with the rocket.
With this story, we can see the dangers of science and technology in the hands of authoritarian and reckless governments.
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