Which part of the excerpt supports the claim that paine believed the human cost of the colonists' armed struggle against the british was well worth the outcome?

the crisis, no. 1 by thomas paine (excerpt) . .

i turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out:

a. i call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state:

up and us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.

b. let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.

c. say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon providence, but "show your faith by your works," that god may bless you. it matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. the far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. the heart that feels not now is dead;

d. 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.

e. i love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

'tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it?

The correct answer is D.

Thomas Paine gave this speech to persuade Americans to fight in the Independence War against Britain.

He believed that the loss of human lives tduring the revolution would be worth it because it would mean "sacrificing the few to save the many." He saw it as a necessary evil: if men did not fight and die during this war, their offspring would hace to face the consequences by living a life without freedom.

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~courtney

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!