Lyric poems often express intense feelings. which pairs of lines in "lift every voice and sing" express hope?

a.) let our rejoicing rise
high as the listening skies,

b.) facing the rising sun of our new day begun
let us march on till victory is won.

c.) stony the road we trod,
bitter the chastening rod,

d.) we have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,

e.) god of our weary years,
god of our silent tears,

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.