Thomas Paine's response to the argument that the British have protected America was that they have done so for their own sake and not because they really wanted too help.
Answer
the connotative meaning of the word juvenile used in the second sentence allows us to refer to the term "naive" or "immaturity" since the subject describes his youth as the cause that he can not notice many things at a certain moment. He then refers us to the understanding that it was because of his young age, little experience or immaturity that he has not been understand facts before.
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