Answer:
And when . . . people enter into a free government, they do not barter away their natural rights; they simply pledge themselves to protect each other in the enjoyment of them, through prescribed judicial and legislative tribunals.
Explanation:
An ellipsis is a set of dots (…) that show the omission of superfluous words or that could be inferred from contextual clues.
Only the second option applies it correctly because it only omits "100 or 1,000,000", which is information superfluous to the main idea of the speech.
The other options omit information that is crucial for a complete understanding of the excerpt.
The answer would be the first choice or A. "Original ideas that are <em>not</em> your own."
Any piece of information that does not belong to you would require a citation, otherwise it would be considered <em>plagiarism. </em>B and C are incorrect because both of those things belong to you, and therefore don't require citation. D is also incorrect because a general fact doesn't belong to any one person. For example, if you wanted to include the information that dogs can't eat chocolate, that wouldn't require a citation because that is general knowledge that most people are aware of.
Valéry argues that Europe's intellectual crisis is caused by _____ and _____.
B) the awareness that civilization could die out
C) the fear that the future will be worse than the past
No one can say what will be dead or alive tomorrow
