Which character trait of scrooge’s nephew, fred, is reflected in this excerpt from charles dickens’s a christmas carol? they drew about the fire, and talked; the girls and mother working still. bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of mr. scrooge’s nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he looked a little—“just a little down you know,” said bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. “on which,” said bob, “for he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard, i told him. ‘i am heartily sorry for it, mr. cratchit,’ he said, ‘and heartily sorry for your good wife.’ by the bye, how he ever knew that, i don’t know.”
his youthfulness

his compassion

his optimism

his curiosity

Read this excerpt from "edward jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination.” smallpox was introduced to europe sometime between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the middle ages. the disease greatly affected the development of western civilization. the first stages of the decline of the roman empire (ad 108) coincided with a large-scale epidemic: the plague of antonine, which accounted for the deaths of almost 7 million people. the arab expansion, the crusades, and the discovery of the west indies all contributed to the spread of the disease. unknown in the new world, smallpox was introduced by the spanish and portuguese conquistadors. the disease decimated the local population and was instrumental in the fall of the empires of the aztecs and the incas. similarly, on the eastern coast of north america, the disease was introduced by the early settlers and led to a decline in the native population. before it reached the new world, smallpox played a role in