On a July 4 weekend, volunteer firefighters in Shohola, Pennsylvania, stand on a bridge over the Delaware River. They hold out canvas buckets to passing drivers. The donations they get go toward the upkeep of their fire department. Firefighters in other towns are out on the road for the same purpose. They are looking for      .

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?