Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! i say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of
a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
which best describes the purpose of the "thumb-nail imagery?
it illustrates thoreau's belief that a person's responsibilities should include some manual labor.
it illustrates thoreau's belief that most people waste their time attending to their bodies' needs.
it emphasizes thoreau's belief that people should carefully choose their commitments.
it emphasizes thoreau's belief that people should carefully record their accounts.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

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