In "life without principle," thoreau writes, "i would have had him deal with his privatest experience, as the poet does." what does this statement mean? a. people talk only about trivial things. b. courtrooms are places where people traditionally lie. c. speeches should employ figurative (poetic) language to get their points across. d. people should speak from their hearts and say what's on their minds.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.

5. how might the statement, “the almighty has his own purposes” (line 39) relate to lincoln’s purpose in giving this speech?

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.