English, 19.03.2020 21:42 drcarver

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This mark is conferred on the person entitled to it, by cutting the skin across at the top of the forehead, and drawing it down to the eye-brows; and while it is in this situation applying a warm hand, and rubbing it until it shrinks up into a thick weal across the lower part of the forehead. Most of the judges and senators were thus marked; my father had long born it: I had seen it conferred on one of my brothers, and I was also destined to receive it by my parents.

What is the author's viewpoint about the mark given to the Embrence?

He believes the tradition of physically marking the Embrence is cruel and barbaric.

He wants to end the tradition of physically marking the Embrence.

He views the tradition of physically marking the Embrence as humorous.

He respects the tradition of physically marking the Embrence.

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