(LC)Read this sentence from Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address: Fondly do we hope – fervently do we pray – that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. What does the word scourge mean as used in this sentence? Affliction Instrument Lash Whip

A. Affliction

Abraham Lincoln is describing the war with the word scourge. In this excerpt, he doesn't mean whip, instrument, or lash, because they don't make sense in this context. That is why affliction has to be the answer.

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perhaps, jefferson is the best spokesman that speak about american ideals of equality and liberty.

no one should be immune to the law because if there is an existence of someone that is above the law, a true equality would never be achieved

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