Harvesting poor infants will reduce the number the number of papists in the country
Older inventions had vast improvements made on them.
The town follows a tradition that kills someone once a year. Everyone agrees that the tradition must be followed, simply because it's a tradition, that is until they themselves are chosen to die. The townspeople do not want to die, but they are unwilling to break from tradition.
They are definitely not synonyms, that would mean they mean the same thing wich they definitely do not. They are antonyms.
Answer:
Low celebrates the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge and the hard work that went into building it.
Explanation:
I say this because in the third sentence, "At last we all rejoice in the signal triumph" they are clearly celebrating the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge and the hard work that went into building it.