Read the passage from sugar changed the world. the hindu writings tell us of a religion in which fire was extremely important. people believed that the gods gave fire to human beings. yet fire was also a way for humans to reach the gods. by placing offerings in a special fire, a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods. five ingredients were selected for this special burning: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane. which inference does this passage support? for sacrifices to gods, ancient hindus chose materials that burned easily. sugar cane was the most important material that ancient hindus sacrificed. if fire was important to ancient hindus, then food must have been important. hindu people must have valued the five substances they used as sacrifices.

Hindu people must have valued the five substances they used as sacrifices.

A sacrifice is meant to be just that, a sacrifice. For a person to sacrifice something, they must be giving up something that they really want, something that has value. When someone is said to have paid the ultimate sacrifice, it means that they have paid for something with their life. This is often attributed to soldiers sacrificing their lives for the good of the country. In this passage, the Hindus are sacrificing five ingredients: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane. In order for these ingredients to be worthy of sacrifice they must hold value to the Hindu people.

Hindu people must have valued the five substances they used as sacrifices.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."