"i once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the tories: a
noted one, who kept a tavern at amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or
nine years old, as i ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this
unfatherly expression, 'well! give me peace in my day.' not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a
separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, 'if there must be
trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; ' and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to
awaken every man to duty."
which is a central idea of this excerpt?
paine feels that everyone should be able to speak freely, which is why he supports independence.
paine believes that colonists should fight for independence so their children can live in peace.
paine believes that some people are selfish and place their needs above others.
paine felt anger for the first time when he saw an interaction between a tory and a child.

circle of life

today people might say life is like a movie. good or evil might be evil. babies come to the world connect with their inner self, their need, the body language of the people around them that's the ways the lear to live. but as years go through feelings, sensations, needs are left behind and now is the time of technology, to each other is old-fashioned, looking into somebodies eyes, get a real connection, writing down memories a dairy.

we need to back to real connections, caring about people around you and spending quality time with them. we need to find back the way to connect with ourselfs, let out our emotions, sensations, our real tastes without caring about what other might think/say about,but especially without judging others way of living, feeling and loving.  

as we grow we lose our ties with our real selves, and we get too much involved with media, work, politics. we become so much troubled that our energy vanishes away and we only have the disposition to sit in front of the tv on turn off ourselves.   that's unbearable, we need to find out the way not to lose ourselves on the road to adulthood. but especially we have to find a way to keep children on the track. it would be easier for them when they grow ´s a lot of people on that track you just need to keep your eyes wide open and you´ll see it.

im not sure if its a or b but i think its b because of the past tense

i think it was california.

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.