Question 3 of iu
2 points
which sentence from defoe's robinson crusoe best illustrates the concepts
found in the great chain of being?
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a. i had never handled a tool in my life, and yet, in time, by labour,
application, and contrivance, i found, at last, that i wanted nothing
but i could have made it, especially if i had had tools (60).
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b. [if any people were to come on shore there they would not
perceive any thing like a habitation, and it was very well i did so, as
may be observed hereafter, upon a very remarkable occasion (68).
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c. [n]ay, i was coming into the very middle station, or upper degree of
low life, which my father advised me to before, and which, if ich
resolved to go on with, i might as well have stayed at home, and
never have fatigued myself in the world, as i had done (31).
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d. [m]y boy xury, which i was loth to take; not that i was not willing to
let the captain have him, but i was very loth to sell the poor boy's
liberty, who had assisted me so faithfully in procuring my own
(28)