Question one, the answer is C.It is explained in the excerpt when he says "....<em>knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity....".</em>
The option for answering question number two is B..."<em>And a serious mind can draw no pleasure by looking forward..."..." as parents we can have no joy.."</em>These words comment on the idea of posterity which blames suffering in a previous form of government.