which proposed article on the river thames would most likely differ from the purpose of this passage about the thames?
a) an article about how rivers are vital for commerce and communication
b) an article about how rivers can affect the course of a country's history
c) an article about how important rivers are in the development of a country
d) an article about how the health of river determines a population's health

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.