The word in the passage which defines sedate is quiet.
The passage was taken from the poem "An essay on Man".
The poem "An essay on Man" was published in the year 1733-1734 by a man called Alexander Pope. Alexander Pope who lived between the year 1688-1744 was regarded and known as one of the prominent English poets and the leading poet during the early years of the eighteenth century. The poem in question was dedicated to Henry st John, The 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. This is the reason behind the opening line "Awake, St John". It is an effort to vindicate or exonerate the ways of God to Man
The major point that Thomas Pain was trying to make using the evidence in the passage was that The Continental Army had a realistic chance of winning against the British.
The sentence that best summarizes the passage is B) Two French brothers built the first hot air balloon from paper, warming the air inside with smoke so it would rise.
