Columbus believed he had reached Asia when he had traveled less than halfway there because geographical knowledge at the time was limited. They believed if they sailed West they would reach Asia by sea but actually ended up in the Americas. He thought the world was smaller than it actually was.
<span>He felt that any type of government, even one with faults, was preferable to one without a Constitution. He felt that, over time, the document would become better and more refined. As he was a part of the committee who drew up the Declaration of Independence, he wanted the new nation to have a government based on the freedoms that had just been secured by breaking from Britain.</span>
I believe the answer is: C. Death
In western society, footman refers to the people who had the duty to admitting visitors to a certain place.
<span><em>I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, . .. </em>could be interpreted into the fact that the writer has already past his prime age.
So, eternal footman could be interpreted as death that await the writer before he leave the realm of the living.</span>
<span>Common Sense by Thomas Paine. It appealed to the common people that further pushed for independence form Great Britain, because of his use of common language. This gave the masses knowledge that informed the public of the current state of affairs in the colonies.</span>