The farmers are plowing the field.
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What was the major sacrifice the members of the continental congress dealt with? how did they overcome this obstacle?

Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; instruct the planets in what orbs to run, correct old time, and regulate the sun; which statement is correct? antithesis is used in the first two lines. antithesis is used in the last two lines. parallelism is used in the first two lines. parallelism is used in the last two lines.

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?