The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the first choice. <span>In his speech at the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry says that keeping his opinions to himself during such a crisis would be akin to cowardice. </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!
The paragraph expands on the central idea that malaria was a deadly disease in Elizabethan England. However, it explains Elizabethan misconceptions about the spread of malaria.