“The character you appear to us in, is truly ridiculous. Your friends, the Tories, announced your coming, with high descriptions
of your unlimited powers; but your proclamation has given them the lie, by showing you to be a commissioner without authority. Had your powers been ever so great they were nothing to us, further than we pleased; because we had the same right which other nations had, to do what we thought was best. ‘The UNITED STATES of AMERICA,’ will sound as pompously in the world or in history, as ‘the kingdom of Great Britain’; the character of General Washington will fill a page with as much lustre as that of Lord Howe: and the Congress have as much right to command the king and Parliament in London to desist from legislation, as they or you have to command the Congress. Only suppose how laughable such an edict would appear from us, and then, in that merry mood, do but turn the tables upon yourself, and you will see how your proclamation is received here.” Which statement best describes this excerpt? It contains sentences with varied structures. It contains sentences with similar structures. It contains mostly run-on sentences. It contains fused sentences and comma splices.
In <em>Common Sense</em>, Thomas Paine argues for American independence. His argument begins with more general, theoretical reflections about government and religion, then progresses onto the specifics of the colonial situation.
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Common Sense</em> is credited as assuming a critical job in persuading settlers to wage war against England. In it, Paine contends that illustrative government is better than a government or different types of government dependent on gentry and heredity.
Courage is a virtue seems like the answer, but I haven’t read the book. Though, I’m making an education guess because it takes courage to go to the moon.
