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From what I see D must be the answer because anybody who uses somebody's work is obviously against the law. Also if you think about how school teachers say constantly to make sure it is your own work. It doesn't matter if they are a relative, If you copy somebody's work or use it as your it could be considered plagiarism and even stealing. considering plagiarism is stealing somebody's research or work it is against the law.
I know I added quite a bit but I answered your question. Hope you got the answer you were looking for.
The passage is here:
<span>Spare the rod and spoil the child."—Ichabod Crane’s scholars certainly were not spoiled.
I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burden off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little, tough, wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch. All this he called "doing his duty by their parents;" and he never inflicted a chastisement without following it by the assurance, so consolatory to the smarting urchin, that "he would remember it, and thank him for it the longest day he had to live."
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The correct answer is "<span>Ichabod was a fair teacher who was misunderstood by his students."</span>
A, with each parenthetical citation you must include one in the bibliography.
