In line 17-20 lincoln says that one party "would make war" while the other "would accept war" . to whom was lincoln referring in each part of this sentence ? how does this sentence begin to set a tone or attitude that lincoln takes throughout the piece

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died

According to the new york times article, death of a salesman connects to modern audiences since it deals with elusive success and financial ruin such as occurred on wall street in 2006-2008. question 2 options: a) true b) false