Question

Now some millmen want to cut all the Calaveras trees into lumber and money. But we have found a better use for them. No doubt these trees would make good lumber after passing through a sawmill, as George Washington after passing through the hands of a French cook would have made good food. But both for Washington and the tree that bears his name higher uses have been found.
In this excerpt, Muir compares a Calaveras tree to George Washington. The purpose of this comparison is to appeal to readers’


a(logos and reason.
b(ethos and credibility.
c(pathos and ethos.
d(logos and pathos.

Answer 1

B) Ethos and credibility, because ethos means a point that has to do with a celebrity, and one that supposedly never told a lie, introducing the credibility part.  Thanks, and please give brainliest