In machiavelli's, the prince, if cruelty (more than anything else) evokes fear in the populace (the prince’s subjects) and compassion elicits love, why must the prince “want to have a reputation for compassion rather than for cruelty,” yet nonetheless “be careful that he does not make bad use of compassion,” and be ready whenever necessary to “use cruelty well”?

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. what is the "wet brown life” in this excerpt? a the grass b the toads c the mud d the rain

In the excerpt above why does meursault say that czechoslovakian man got what he deserved ?

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes