Henry david thoreau - "civil disobedience"
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in civil disobedience. what is thoreau's last thought about the state before he loses respect for it?
he finds the state's industrious locking of the cell door amusing.
he thinks the state can't tell its friends from its enemies.
he thinks the state is half-witted
he finds the state unforgivably timid.

byzantine empire is the answer i think you are looking for.

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i think the answer is b.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.