Answer:
True, by this time it was not a blank space any more. It had got filled since my boyhood with rivers and lakes and names. It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery—a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over. It had become a place of darkness. But there was in it one river especially, a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land. And as I looked at the map of it in a shop-window, it fascinated me as a snake would a bird—a silly little bird
The correct answer is B.
This speech was given after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. During this attack, the United States was unjustly attacked.
With these words, Roosevelt is saying that the United States, which had been unjustly attacked, will win through to absolute victory.
He does not have to convince Americans that a war could be won, because, as he said, "<span>The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation."
Therefore, the correct answer is </span><span>Roosevelt believed those who had been unjustly attacked would triumph.</span>
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