They demonstrated their values by enduring all the hardships and holding together, in spite of bad conditions. The disease and hunger struck them even the first winter. Many people died from starvation or illness, and the only seven people who didn't get sick took over all the work that needed to be done. They never complained, but praised God and patiently waited for the temptations to end, while diligently working all the time.
The swan is a metaphor of our soul, which is timeless and ancient. The speaker wants to know where the swan is going, what is wants and what is the purpose of life. He requests our soul to go with him in knowing that God is us and the answer to “Who Am I” which was written on the wind of God’s impulse to realize Himself that blew over His being in creation’s beginning. And to attach to God deliberately on the way to know Him is the joy of loving God, similar as a bee that will cultivate and finish our sorrows by ending desire. With that connection, there’s no doubt regarding God and that forever exists.
Answer:
The forces sent by Cicones to stop the plundering of Odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful.
Explanation:
The passage shown in the question above shows how Odysseus and the men who were fighting him had difficulties, losses and obstacles to defeat the forces sent by Cicones. This is because the forces sent by Cicones were very strong, skillful and powerful and even Odysseus' trained and experienced men were unable to defeat them easily.
All this power and skill of the forces sent by Cicones, must be present in a paraphrase of this stretch.
Answer:
Pretty sure its Offred. Hope I'm right.