Why did emerson most likely include the quotation from john brown in his speech? a to support the righteous notion that john brown was condemned because he chose to risk being vilified for defending impoverished, people rather than protecting the wealthy and politically well-connected b to establish that john brown would have received a lighter sentence had he acted to defend the influential people of the country rather than choosing to defend those that others had determined unimportant c to suggest that john brown believed that people holding a public office only cared about influential people, and since he tried to fight for the rights of people of no social position, his actions would inevitably be punished d to contradict others' responses to john brown, especially those who felt that the legal judgment for his actions depended on those groups of people he ; since he only assisted people who had no voice in politics, his ac