1 : a standard of perfection, beauty, or excellence. 2 : one regarded as exemplifying an ideal and often taken as a model for imitation. 3 : an ultimate object or aim of endeavor : goal. This is the definition what lines are you talking about
When it starts with **She thought about her last day in middle school** And the ending to the flash back is before this sentence starts **She smiled as she drew out the envelope** The ** Are not to mark the choices. and I put the beginning of the flashback the end for extra. And 5 days late, sorry but maybe for the next people looking for the answer.
Seems like you have chosen the wrong section, next time check it carefully and you will get the answer sooner. Anyway, the main advantage of mathematics which was used to support the claims of the scientific revolution is that this study appeals with facts not ideas or opinions which means it can leave an irrefutable proof, and it did it.
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