Which excerpt from "1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times" is an example of Lincoln's sarcasm?
"We reached our new home about the time the State came in the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild
animals still in the woods.
"If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard."
"I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty two. At twenty one I came to Illinois, and passed the first year in
Illinois-Macon county."
"I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then
is pretty well known."

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli which words in the passage have negative connotations?inhuman, cruelty, rebelled how do the words with negative connotations support the claim?by defining the actions of a leader who is to be feared