Answer:
Harriet Beecher Stowe believed that slavery ought to be abolished.
Explanation:
Stowe was the author of the novel <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin, </em>which was a major turning point for the abolitionist movement. Just by the fact that she wrote a book concerning that slavery was a sin and the evils about it, one can infer that she believed slavery should be abolished.
The root word of circumspect comes from the Latin word circumspectus, which comes from the Latin word circum meaning to look around/inspect
I think it's paddling and pond.
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-*Starry*