Determine if the sentences and phrases from Lincoln's speech focus on Lincoln's perspective on soldiers' sacrifice, his perspective on a great nation, or both.

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that this nation, under God, shall have
a new birth of freedom

and that government of the people
by the people ... for the people .. shall not
perish from this earth.

that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before us

"We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field as a final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that this nation
might live

How does the narrator’s knowledge of his postapocalyptic world in "by the waters of babylon” affect his reactions to the different settings? it motivates him to make up stories about the world and the places he explores. it has caused him to fear the settings outside the hill country, so he tries to avoid them. it forces him to reject what he sees and experiences himself at various locations in the story. it makes him cautious about new settings yet open-minded and critical of what he experiences.

Read this excerpt from white fang by jack london. the qualities in his kind that in the beginning made it possible for them to come in to the fires of men, were qualities capable of development. they were developing in him, and the camp-life, replete with misery as it was, was secretly endearing itself to him all the time. but white fang was unaware of it. he knew only grief for the loss of kiche, hope for her return, and a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his. which quotation from the paragraph supports the story’s theme of homesickness? “the camp life . . was secretly endearing itself to him all the time.” “but white fang was unaware of it.” “he knew only . . a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his.” “the qualities in his kind . . were qualities capable of development.”

Which statement best completes its flow of reasoning