Shall a band of ten or twelve thousand robbers, who are this day fifteen hundred or two thousand men less in strength than they were yesterday, conquer america, or subdue even a single state? the thing cannot be, unless we sit down and suffer them to do it.

in this excerpt, paine uses a rhetorical device to encourage readers to

5. the following question refers to the four selections by albert einstein: these readings show that, between 1939 and 1952, einstein a) abandoned science and turned to political activism. b) revised his opinions about the need for nuclear weapons. c) worked tirelessly to abolish nuclear weapons. d) devoted himself solely to scientific research.