Read this excerpt from the american spirit in literature, by bliss perry. this sense of the transiency of human effort, the perishable nature of human institutions, was quick in the consciousness of the gentleman adventurers and sober puritan citizens who emigrated from england to the new world. based on your knowledge of morphemes and on its use in this context, the word "transient" most likely means which of these?
a. wasteful
b. difficult
c. fleeting
d. serious

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.

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