Taking counsel of expert military and naval authorities, considering what is best for our own security, we are free to decide how much should be kept here and how
much should be sent abroad to our friends who by their determined and heroic
resistance are giving us time in which to make ready our own defense.
Which of the following phrases from this passage are examples of parallelism?
O "taking counsel" and "considering what is best"
"to our friends" and "to make ready our own defense"
"how much should be kept here" and "how much should be sent abroad"
"expert military" and "naval authorities"

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.