Read the excerpt from "what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” must i argue the wrongfulness of slavery? is that a question for republicans? is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood? what do the rhetorical questions in the excerpt suggest? douglass does not want to discuss slavery further. slavery is a highly divisive and complicated issue. douglass is uncertain about slavery’s wrongfulness. the wrongfulness of slavery should be obvious.

d) The wrongfulness of slavery should be obvious.

Explanation: In this excerpt the author is criticizing that even nowadays the slavery and whether it is wrong or not ("Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery?"), is still a matter of discussion and argumentation among politicians and among people in general ("Is that a question for Republicans?"), when its wrongfulness should be obvious and not a question of interpretation or misunderstanding.

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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)