What is most closely the meaning of superseded as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 3)? For centuries no political change has been brought about by the citizens themselves. In the capital great rulers have superseded each other-
indeed, even dynasties have been deposed or annihilated, and new ones have started; in the past century even the capital itself was destroyed, a
new one was founded far away from it, later on this too was destroyed and the old one rebuilt, yet none of this had any influence on our little
town
A. I verbi gave large sums of money to
B. I verb I questioned
C. I verb I defeated in battle
D. I verb I taken the place of succeeded

D). I verb I taken the place of succeeded.

Explanation:

The word 'supersede' stands for 'to take place of or to displace in favor of itself' and as per the context of the sentence, it conveys the sense that the great rulers have 'replaced each other or taken place of succeeded' but unable to bring a political change in the capital. Thus, the author conveys that despite this constant displacement of rulers and even dynasties yet no relevant change could take place in the 'little town' of the author. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.

which detail from "home place retold" supports the central idea that despite physical changes, watonwan is a special place for generations of people?

great great-grandchildren retell the story of early days. .

young families worked hard to build a life.

those matches might seem surprising in modern times.

in 1881, more than 50 such families fled religious persecution. .