Question

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Which detail from The American Crisis develops the key idea that the failure to face challenges as they arise places the success of future generations at risk?

A: “If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.”

B: “What signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them?”

C: “The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike.”

D: “The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.”

Answer 1

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C: “The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike.”

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Answer 2

Answer:

D: “The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.”

Explanation:

The author is saying the generation that died won't feel the burden of the times while their children will curse that generation for not fixing the issue out of cowardice. Leaving it worse off for them to deal with when they could be leading happier lives.

Paine is trying to encourage colonists on the fence or those who would not fight to stand up to the British tyranny against the colonists.

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