Question
Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech.
Which excerpt from George Washington's Farewell Address best expresses a major theme of the address?
Responses
“For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.”
“For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.”
“But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest.”
“But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest.”
“You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together.”
“You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together.”
“The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.”
Which excerpt from George Washington's Farewell Address best expresses a major theme of the address?
Responses
“For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.”
“For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.”
“But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest.”
“But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest.”
“You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together.”
“You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together.”
“The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.”
Answers
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“The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.”
Reason: this line directly promotes national unity and warns against sectional/local divisions—a central theme of Washington’s Farewell Address.
Reason: this line directly promotes national unity and warns against sectional/local divisions—a central theme of Washington’s Farewell Address.