1. (1) One of the contradictions of humanity is that people long for peace while at the same time they glorify war. (2) War is so common that a cynic might say it is the normal state of society. (3) Sociologist Pitirim Sorokin counted the wars in
Europe from 500 B. C. to A. D. 1925. (4) He documented 967 wars, an average of one war every two or three years.
(5) Counting years or parts of a year in which a country was at war, at 28 percent Germany had the lowest record of
warfare. (6) Spain's 67 percent gave it the dubious distinction of being the most war-prone. (7) Sorokin found that
Russia, the land of his birth, had experienced only one peaceful quarter-century during the entire previous thousand
years. (8) Since the time of William the Conqueror, who took power in 1066, England was at war an average of 56 out of
each 100 years. (9) Spain fought even more often. (10) It is worth noting the history of the United States in this regard:
since 1850, it has intervened militarily around the world about 160 times, an average of once a year.
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From “the carolina way” what is the following quote an example of? “ i made them understand that our plan would fall apart if they didn’t take care of one another: set screens; play team defense; box out; pass to the open man.” a. cultural context b. shared value c. historical context d. universal theme

Article one: the new york tribune from december 5, 1859on leaving the jail, john brown had on his face an expression of calmness andserenity characteristic of the patriot who is about to die with a living consciousnessthat he is laying his life down for the good of his fellow as he stepped outof the door a black woman, with her little child in her arms, stood near his way. thetwain were of the despised race for whose emancipation and elevation to the dignityof children of god he was about to lay down his he stopped for a moment in hiscourse, stooped over, and with the tenderness of one whose love is as broad as thebrotherhood of man, kissed [the child) affectionately.article two: the cincinnati enquirer from december 3, 1859we rejoice that old brown has been hung. he was not only a murderer of innocentpersons, but he attempted one of the greatest crimes against society-the stirring upof a servile and civil war. he has paid the penalty for his crimes, and we hope his fatemay be a warning to all who might have felt inclined to imitate his aggressive conduct.now it is your turn. you need to synthesize the two articles mentioned above into one or two paragraphs. you may lookat the synthesized paragraphs above for an example, but your paragraph should be different. remember to follow theprocess hints mentioned earlier in this lesson.iuflad

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful