Instructions Read the question carefully and select the best answer.

Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the words of the British do not match their actions?

O A. "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience." O B. "They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.

O C. "Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover aur waters and darken our land." D. "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts