C.bad relative told him not ot buy the vineyard and lost it at the end.
Answer: D. Both passages have a theme of the hardships of war.
Explanation: In both passages it talks about war.
In the first one, when it says "' I've just come from the Richmond camp with news about the revolutionaries...'" This is a clear statement about the revolitionary war, and further on it goes to say, "'Lieutenant Hamlin's horse came up lame, and he was unable to deliver himself.'" This is talking about something bad that happened durring the war.
In the second passage, it says, "Her village needed every able-bodied person to help defend against the Manchu." This person is obvisouly in a position of defense and how this girl is going to protect her village as her brother. Usually when protecting something, it's in a fight. Also, she said she "flinched" when she cut her first chunk of hair off, meaning it was causing her distress and wasn't easy.
Answer:
others have not had the real-life experience to be experts
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Chapter XV of Machiavelli's The Prince, Machiavelll states that he feels it his duty to write about a point that many others have written about because others have not had the real-life experience to be experts.
He said this because he chooses to follow the truth, rather than the imagination of it and does not use the method of others.