What does this excerpt from anton chekhov's the proposal reveal about lomov’s character? lomov: i suffer from palpitations, i'm excitable and always getting awfully upset. . at this very moment my lips are trembling, and there's a twitch in my right eyebrow. . but the very worst of all is the way i sleep. i no sooner get into bed and begin to go off when suddenly something in my left side—gives a pull, and i can feel it in my shoulder and head. . i jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit, and lie down again, but as soon as i begin to get off to sleep there's another pull! and this may happen twenty times. .

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.