The facts and figures in paragraph 2 relating to the size of the Unionprove that a democracy would better serve the Union. prove that a democracy would better serve the Union. refute the argument presented in paragraph 1.refute the argument presented in paragraph 1.are an irrelevant distraction in the essay. are an irrelevant distraction in the essay. provide additional support for the argument in paragraph 1.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

Frankenstein: what attitudes toward education are expressed by shelley in her description of victor’s upbringing in chapter 1? what, for example, motivates victor and elizabeth to study/practice?

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?