Which excerpt from “The Declaration of Independence” is the best example of pathos? A. ". . . to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men . . ."
B. ". . . governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes . . ."
C. "Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury."
D. "We must . . . hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends."

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable