Douglass is implying that witnessing the celebration has shown him that the nation is even crueler than he thought.
Explanation: Fredrick Douglass explained that the hipocrisy of the country to celebrate freedom and rights while still owning slaves (and having him give a speech) makes the country much worse than he imagined.
The word or phrase that best connects the ideas in the sentences in question is D, that is, your anwer would be "in contrast".
The first part of the passage shows that we should have the right to choose sodas or snacks if we want to, we should be given the right to do that. On the contrary, the second part of the passage talks about that sometimes having too many options is not a good thing and it makes us unable to make the right choice.
Answer:
Any challenge you face doesn't come from anything in life, no matter how hard it is. The challenge in life is life itself.
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