(1) Do not be afraid, then, to bring your talents to a Parnassus1; they will undoubtedly redound to your credit because you never neglect your duties; for them: they are themselves very pleasant duties. (2) Surely, those your position demand of you must be very uncongenial to such a nature as yours. (3) They are as much routine as looking after a house, or the housebook of one's steward. (4) Why should you be deprived of liberty of thought because you happen to be a farmer-general2? (5) Atticus was a farmer-general, the old Romans were farmers-general, and they thought—as Romans. (6) Go ahead, Atticus. 1A sacred mountain in Greece, known as the home of the Muses of Greek poetry
2A privileged member of French society who collected taxes on behalf of the king

At the end of the paragraph, in sentences 5-6, Voltaire introduces an allusion primarily to

Group of answer choices

1 encourage Helvetius to continue writing regardless of his societal position

2 discourage Helvetius from further publishing in light of his societal position

3 advise Helvetius on the most effective style to use in future writings

4 caution Helvetius on listening too much to the criticism of others in society

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)

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

i think the answer is a

hope i'm right, sorry if i'm not

-lavira : )