Read the passage below and answer the question.
the rattle of an approaching carriage made them all start and listen. that was the hard minute, but the girls stood it
well. no one cried, no one ran away or uttered a lamentation, though their hearts were very heavy as they sent
loving messages to father, remembering, as they spoke that it might be too late to deliver them. they kissed their
mother quietly, clung about her tenderly, and tried to wave their hands cheerfully when she drove away.
when she drove away.
what can you infer about the meaning of the word lamentation from this passage?
it refers to sadness.
it refers to a longing/desire for something.
it refers to neglect.
it refers to hard work.

The correct answer would be C. it refers to sadness

Explanation:

It's because lamentation means an expression of grief or sorrow, or weeping

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war