B because it specificly says battle which is war talk
Explanation:
Interest groups or pressure groups are composed of organizations or associations of people organized in a formal way, whose central objective is to influence the development of public policies for the benefit of their own interests and causes, through the use of lobbying.
The use of celebrity spokespersons is a common practice of gaining influence, which can be an effective practice if the personality and values of the celebrity in question are compatible with the policies they wish to gain influence from, as a celebrity has the advantage of having popular support for influence.
"I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery."
<span>Means that the oath he took when he(Abraham Lincoln) went into office and became president forbids him to do something that breaks the constitution no matter if his OWN morals say something else.
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"I had publicly declared this many times and in many ways; and I aver that, to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery."
<span>He publicly said this to show every one his views on slavery different ways and he states that to that day he's done no official act to defend his judgement and view on slavery.
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"I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law."
<span>He understood that his oath to preserve the constitutions to the best of his ability by any means necessary because the constitution was the main law.
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"Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution?"
<span>He looks for an alternate way to find a way to preserve the constitution without losing the nation.</span>
Answer: positive
Explanation:
Positive connotations refers to the associations which are affirmative or good and has good feelings. They give positive emotions.
From the information given, the word wonder has a positive connotation. From the sentence "Like many improbable ideas, when it actually works, it's a wonder", wonder here can also mean miracle and this brings positive feelings.
