The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation,

The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen close,

Find its purpose and place up there toward the wintry sky.

(lines 236 – 239)

What theme is developed in this passage from "Song of Myself"?

the poet's unity with the natural world
people's failure to connect with one another
the inability to find inner truth
a distrust of individualism

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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a. energy is conserved on earth, but matter is not.