Select the correct text in the passage.
in which sentence does the author most clearly define his argument?
adapted from the goal of sending a man to the
by john f. kennedy
if we are to win the battle that is now going on around the world between freedom and tyran
occurred in recent weeks should have made clear to us all the impact of this adventure on them
efforts in space have been under review. with the advice of the vice president, we have examine
we may succeed and where we may not. now it is time to take longer strides-time for a great
a clearly leading role in space achievement. this in many ways may hold the key to our future on
recognizing the head start obtained by the soviets with their large rocket engines, we nevert
own. for while we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any fa
additional risk by making it in full view of the world, but this very risk enhances our stature whe
whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share.
i therefore ask the congress, above and beyond the increases i have earlier requested for sp
to meet the following national goals:
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Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)