Seemingly credible and truthful. Plausible means something that is believable, and all the other answer choices are the opposite of that.
It was announced on the evening news that the president will visit our city.
The misplaced modifier in the original sentence is the phrase: "on the evening news". It is not clear what exactly that phrase is describing. In order to make it clear that the phrase is modifying when the announcement was made, it needs to follow the verb "announced" instead of "visit".
Answer: I thiiiiiinnnk the answer would be the first quote: “They are Nature’s watchmen,— links which connect the days of animated life.”
Explanation: The reason I think this is because we are talking about how he feels about the “natural world.” My guess came from the fact that he views the animals as “Nature’s watchmen,” and feels that they are the “links which connect the days of animated life.”
I deeply apologize if this is incorrect. Good luck!
Subject verb agreement simply means the subject and verb must agree in number. This means both need to be singular or both need to be plural.