Read the passage below. how does the connotative meaning of the word "bonds" to determine the meaning of the sentence?

its fingers spread like fine spun gold
gently nestling us to the fold
like silken thread it holds us fast
bonds like this are meant to last.

A connotative meaning refers to the ideas that someone can connect with a word. For example, the literal meaning of the word “bond” is linkage. However, in this case, “bonds” refers to a special connection between people. Therefore, the meaning of the sentence is that human connections like the one described by the author are meant to endure.  

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.