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the phrase has a dark and dreary essence of it so C.
This wonderful speech given twice (the last time in the middle of the civil war) by Sojourner Truth, emphasized and pleads for the right of women to be recognized as women. This mother of 13 [who saw most of her children sold into slavery] is not pleading for equality and voting rights. She is pleading for decency.
The whole speech is very moving. You might want to look it up.
It’s the steepness of a line
+slope
B.straightforward word choice
