Unfortunately, your question is incomplete. You did not include the text. Without the text, we do not have the information to answer your question. Yo did not include a link to the text, or the name of the author. So we do not know what is included in "Part A."

However, trying to help you, we can assume you are talking about the famous essay "Civil Disobedience," written by Henry David Thoreau, in 1849.

As we do not know what is the excerpt and knowing that the essay is too long, we are going to comment on the following general terms.

It is probably that the two ideas that you are looking at in the essay are:

"Individuals have a responsibility to disobey laws that are inherently unjust and in conflict with their morals," and "Citizens must challenge and attempt to change the wrongs of the state; it is not enough to work within the system."

The sentences that serve as evidence are “…but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law,” and “Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine… As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways.”

Thoreau was a rebel of his time. He heavily opposed the institution of slavery and he also expressed his opposition to the Mexican-American War. That is why he wrote his essay "Civil Disobediencei" in 1849, inviting the American people to reflect on his behavior and conduct against unjust laws and the wrongdoings of politicians.

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