Read the excerpt from president woodrow wilson’s speech, “war message to congress.” i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only for the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. which statement best describes the main idea of the excerpt? a lot of the nation’s property has been destroyed. the nation has lost an immense amount of wealth. human lives are worth more than material items. the nation will get back everything that was lost.

The main idea of the excerpt is that human lives are worth more than material items because the president highlights the fact that all material belongings that have been lost can be recovered or paid for. However, human lives that have been taken away in an unfair situation will not be able to come back, and no amount of money can replace them.

C. Human lives are worth more than material items.

Explanation:

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

heritage? culture? religion? gene? trait?