At the close of chapter 19 of The First Men in the Moon, Bedford has finally found the sphere. Giving up Mr. Cavor for dead, he seals the manhole and switches the Cavorite shutters closed. At this point in the story, the conflict has all but been resolved, except for the question of whether Bedford will make it back to earth. Write a journal entry that summarizes your predictions for the closing chapters of The First Men in the Moon. Make sure it is realistic based on the plot details. When you are finished, read chapter 20.

the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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