People who try to cover the cloven hoof of empire with the petticoats of "Expansion" are as careless of the dictionary as of the constitution. The Philippines do not mean expansion. It does not expand the fire of freedom to pour water on it. ... Expansion is enlargement in kind. If the ex- Spanish colonies applied for admission to this republic and we accepted them, that would be expansion. -Charles F. Lummis, editorial in the Land of Sunshine Which statement best describes this excerpt?​

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

when arthor pulls out the sword

explanation:

becase he becomes !

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40     distribute/multiply - into (2a + 7)

8 - 2a - 7 = a + 40

1 - 2a = a + 40       add 2a on both sides

1 = 3a + 40         subtract 40 on both sides

-39 = 3a       divide 3 on both sides

-13 = a

[proof]

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40

8 - (2(-13) + 7) = -13 + 40

8 - (-26 + 7) = 27

8 - (-19) = 27

8 + 19 = 27

27 = 27