What rhetorical device is evident in the following
passage from Thomas Paine's
"The Crisis, No.1"?
Wars, without ceasing, will
break out till that period
arrives, and the continent
must in the end be
conqueror; for though the
flame of liberty may
sometimes cease to shine,
the coal can never expire.
A. repetition
B. allusion
C. emotional argument
D. establish a common ground