The prefix would be epi-, as in epidermis. (The outer layer of skin)
3. would be/knew how
The first blank must be future tense because the word after it ends in -ing
The second blank must be ____ how, and it must be past tense, so knew how. She knows <em><u /></em><em>why </em>the business would be started, to provide a great public service, but not <em>how</em>.
The importance would be all the time and effort he put into it but know that he is dead he would have someone to take over
Machiavelli's view of human nature is that people will be very attracted to power and will want to achieve it no matter what the means. The term "machiavellian" is often associated with deceit, deviousness, ambition and brutality, which is what rulers most often exhibited around the time the book was written (1513).
