Moscow State University.
Freedom, it has been said, makes people selfish and
materialistic, but Americans are one of the most
religious peoples on Earth. Because they know that
liberty, just as life itself, is not earned but a gift from
God, they seek to share that gift with the world.
"Reason and experience," said George Washington in
his farewell address, "both forbid us to expect that
national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious
principle. And it is substantially true, that virtue or
morality is a necessary spring of popular government."
Select 3 options.
The underlined words in this excerpt are
A. an example of procatalepsis.
B. an example of allusion.
C. used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.
D. included by Reagan to discourage increased
freedom.
E. followed by a counterargument proving Reagan's
point
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answeredThe underlined words in the excerpt are:
B. an example of allusion.
C. used by Reagan to acknowledge an opposing view.
E. followed by a counterargument proving Reagan's point.
These options collectively illustrate how Reagan references the belief that freedom leads to selfishness while countering that belief with the idea that Americans, who value freedom, are also deeply religious and morally grounded.
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