4) What is the thesis or the main idea of the text? Among democratic nations, men easily attain a certain equality of condition, but they can
never attain as much as they desire.
It is possible to conceive of men arrived at a degree of freedom that should completely
content them; they would then enjoy their independence without anxiety and without
Impatience.
The spectacle itself, however, is as old as the world; the novelty is to see a whole people
furnish an exemplification of it.
O The Americans are "forever brooding over advantages they do not possess."
These are all different symptoms of the same disease. The Americans do not put an end to
their lives, however disquieted they may be, because their religion forbids it; and among
them materialism may be sald hardly to exist, notwithstanding the general passion for
physical gratification. The will resists, but reason frequently gives way.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

79 one theme in stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin is a)circle of lifeb)true christianityc)american ideals and realityd)families destroyed by slavery

Which values of the ancient greeks are most emphasized in the excerpt?