Choose the sentence that best expresses the reason for Xerxes's opinion of Artabanus's views.
Thou seest to how great a height the power of Persia has now reached
- never would it have grown to this point if they who sat upon the
throne before me had been like-minded with thee, or even though not
like-minded, had listened to councillors of such a spirit.
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O Moreover, if thou wilt oppose whatever is said by others, without thyself
showing us the sure course which we ought to take thou art as likely to
lead us into failure as they who advise differently, for thou art but on a
par with them.
Erst
otto
0 For if in each matter that comes before us thou wilt look to all possible
chances, never wilt thou achieve anything,
O Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's share of
evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen, and never incur a
mischance
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explanation:

disrespectable. hope that

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)

in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?