The answer is B.
For the Haida people, all of humanity came from a cockle shell, liberated by The Raven, who opened the shell. The first men and women, in the Haida tradition, came from a sea creature, meaning all men come from the sea, therefore they have a deep respect for the sea. Also, the Haida, being people who live in an archipelago, get most of their resources (and communicate) through the sea, so they think highly of it and respect it.
Wasn't it Phillis Wheatley's "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, and Moral"?
Answer
extreme greed for wealth or material gain. "he was rich beyond the dreams of avarice
Explanation:
av·a·rice
/ˈavərəs/
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noun
noun: avarice
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17. I'm not positive on this one. However, I am going to guess run on simply because they're should have not been a and in between.