Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity*, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why? *Adversity: (n.) great difficulty. People in poverty face much adversity, such as lack of food and safe housing.

Start with, I agree/disagree with this quote because

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”