1. Sir Winston Churchill was a British war leader, statesman, painter and writer whom some have labelled as the greatest man ever to speak in the English language. But many call
him the greatest English man of the present century. Born in 1874 in the lap of American
Jannie Jarome, Churchill was a descendent of the great Duke of Marlborough. Like many
men destined for greatness, Winston hated school, did badly at it and only just managed
to scrape into a career, in his case the army. He fought in Cuba, in India with Kitchener in
Egypt.
2. Then he went to South Africa in the Boer War as a War Correspondent. While in India, he
taught himself to write good prose and developed a grand masterly style which captured
the greatness of his times. In South Africa, he was captured, escaped on a train with a
price on his head and returned to England as a hero. But it was not so easy for him. He
had to face so many odds in his life.

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Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful