Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song ,2 better the world with a blow in the the teeth of a wrong.3 laugh, for the time is brief, a thread in the length of a spamn.4 laugh and be proud to belong to the proud pageant of man. which of these is the man idea of the poem?

List some things u like to do with close friends(bff)

Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.

Which of these novels is considered an important precursor to science fiction