In his essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau wrote that people have the right to protest and reject 'unjust' laws that are made by governments if it destroys or hurts the rights of men. This essay sparked a huge outrage due to its support of the citizen's overrule of a government if they find it unjust or unfair for the whole people.

In his statement "the standing army is only an arm of the standing government", Thoreau meant to say that the army is just one part of the government. They are like an arm, a part of the whole institution of the government which in itself is not a separate entity. It is just a part of the government like the arm is part of the human body.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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2 years ago

Which quotation from "The Black Cat" best supports the inference that the narrator feels he deserves to be punished for his crue

Reika [66]

Answer:

The quotation from The Black Cat that best supports the inference that the narrator feels he deserves to be punished for his cruelty is the third one: “...I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin…even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.” 

Explanation:

By reading these lines we can understand how the speaker in conscious about the wrong he has done. He knew what he was doing and knew that was wrong and did it anyways. He knew it was a sin, and a big one. So big that it was "beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God". This means that he knew he deserved a punishment from God that, even with His infinite mercy, wouldn't be able to forgive what he had done.

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3 years ago

Which sentence contains the best example of descriptive details?

Mariulka [41]

Answer:

The apartment shuddered under the onslaught of the howling wind.

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3 years ago