By writing "old ironsides," oliver wendell holmes asserted that the united states
a. was every bit as strong, proud, and important as the older nations of europe.
b. was a nation of pious and industrious citizens and a place of great possibility.
c. was too young to be considered among the great nations of the world.
d. would be conquered by the nations of europe if it scrapped old ironsides.

What point of view is expressed by judith sargent murray in her essay "on the equality of the sexes"?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

What can readers conclude about allison check all that apply