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Pounds and Ounces. There is no such thing as a newborn or dog weighing in at .5 Tons, (1,000 lbs) but horses can weigh from 900 to 2,200 pounds.
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(A) God would not take sides between the British and the American colonists.
This sentence best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt
<u>Explanation:</u>
Thomas Paine’s primary purpose in the writing ‘The Crisis Number 1’ is that Americans should try to get freedom from Great Britain.
In the given excerpt, he says that God cannot and will not be unfair to people and let them get destroyed in military destruction. He will not leave them alone without any support. God is one and he is there for every individual.
God will not choose sides that whether they are people of Great Britain or are American colonists. Everyone is equal in his eyes.
A closed minded. person is often given to people who are very firm I'm there own beliefs. Take for example a person who is against gay people because they believe it is "unnatural." Now, it is very common for some people to express there feelings towards others about their beliefs; good or bad.
so this quote is saying, that people who are closed minded( ex: white supremists, homophobes, feminist, etc) are often the ones who complain the loudest. the author of the quote is saying that these types of people shouldn't say anything, as everything they say is either offenseive or just plain dumb.
I hope this helped a little, its a bit hard to explain without using examples.
