Abraham lincoln's forefathers were pioneers-men who
left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the
way plain for others to follow them. for one hundred and
seventy years, ever since the first american lincoln came
from england to massachusetts in 1638, they had been
moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in
the back in pennsylvania and new jersey some
of the lincolns had been men of wealth and influence. in
kentucky, where the future president was born on february
12, 1809, his parents lived in deep poverty. their home was
a small log cabin of the rudest kind, and nothing seemed
more unlikely than that their child, coming into the world in
such humble surroundings, was destined to be the
greatest man of his time?
which statement best summarizes the passage?
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a. abraham lincoln became a great man who navigate the
united states through one of its most difficult events the civil
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b. abraham lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was bom
into circumstances that made it seem unikely that he would
become president
c. abraham lincoln's humble origins are often exaggerated to
reinforce the idea that he embodied the american dream
d. abraham lincolns forefathers left their homes to open up the
wilderness and clear the way for other settlers to follow them

B; Abraham Lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was born into circumstances that made it seem unlikely that he would become president

Explanation: AP3X

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.