C - The importance of an education
If Jack would have known math and the value of his find - he would not have been cheated out of $500 by the 'corrupt' gold exchange officer.
Beatitudes means blessed or happy.
C is the correct answer I believe
One for an author to manipulate time in a passage is by Using Flashback to manipulate time.
With flashback, the author could manipulate thee flow of the story, revealing what happen in different timeline to create one connecting story line
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