17) What evidence proves that Britain is not willing to release the colonies and grant them freedom? A) "I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify
those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves..."
B) "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
C) "I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the
majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."
D) "Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which
cover our waters and darken our land."

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.