What is being compared in this passage? Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going
to travel through. "It's something very like learning geography," thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little further. "Principal rivers -- there ARE none. Principal mountains -- I'm on the only one, but I don't think it's got any name." - Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll exploring the countryside and learning geography principal rivers and principal mountains standing on tiptoes and learning geography having a name and not having a name
I think its Ethos because he is definitely showing that he values the honourable men more than whoever he is talking to which is showing what he believes (his ethics etc.)
