WHICH IDEA ABOUT FISHING IS EXPLAINED IN BOTH TEXTS?

What point was thomas paine trying to make by relating this antidote

Answer fast. read the excerpt below and answer the question. i will tell you the tale of my wanderings and of the “herculean” labors, as i may call them, which i endured only to find at last the oracle irrefutable. socrates’ use of the word “herculean” in this excerpt from the apology is an example of what literary device? allusion metaphor onomatopoeia simile

In which two sentences does the author use an ironic tone toward the subject