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What does it mean in the declaration of independence for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.

Notice that nuetral belgium is located between germnay and france. how do you think belgium and the rest of the world regarded germany's violation of belgiums neutrality ?