<h2><u>Answer:</u></h2>
The three allusions Ralph Waldo Emerson makes are Francis Bacon, Irish dayworkers, Coeur-de Lions.
In the beginning of the "Society and Solitude" he talks about the capital and mentions how it is the want of animals spirits and in this excerpt appears all these three.
"The capital imperfection of cool, dry natures is the need of creature spirits. They appear a power inconceivable, as though God should raise the dead. The hermit observes what others perform by their guide, with a sort of dread. It is as much out of his probability as the ability of Coeur-de-Lion, or an Irishman's day's-take a shot at the railroad. As Bacon said of habits, "To get them, it just needs not to detest them,"
Your answer is A because an adjective cannot describe another adjective nor a verb
1. an authors description of a characters appearance and personality.
2. adjective
3. but
The total runners who began the marathon is 1000
<u>Explanation:</u>
Given:
Runners who completed the marathon = 90%
Men = 30%
Number of men completed the marathon = 270
Total runners who began the marathon = ?
Let the total runners be x
According to question:
Runners who completed the marathon = 
= 0.9x
and,

Solving further:

Therefore, total runners who began the marathon is 1000