Word of mouth, would be your answer.
<span>The sentence which best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt is God would defend the American colonists' fight because their cause was upright. In the beginning of the excerpt, the author says he believes that God is fair and will never give up his loyal people. The last lines point out that God knows what justice is, so there is no way to help such murderers as Britain because they did not even deserved it.</span>
After suffering a ruptured appendix,he refused to cancel his performance . and Houdini died several days later of complications at the age of 52.
