Read the excerpt below and answer the question. … something which looks like a virtue, if followed, would be his [a leader’s] ruin; whilst something else, which looks like a vice, yet followed brings him peace and prosperity.

Machiavelli’s advice can best be paraphrased as .

Follow virtue, even if it leads to ruin.
Beware: vice can often look like virtue.
Take the action, whether virtuous or evil, that leads to peace and prosperity.
Make decisions quickly, without taking too much time to think about them.

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

Which statement describes the central idea of the text in the story learning about the holocaust

How does edgar allen poe build suspense in “the raven”