Plain general principles are obvious to every one who stops to reflect. . . . I should shrink from the idea of a revolution . . . and I again earnestly repeat the wish, that the wisdom of the legislature may keep pace with the national light. . . . It appears to me that all monarchical, and aristocratical governments, carry within themselves the seeds of their dissolution; for when they become corrupt, and oppressive to a certain degree, the effects must necessarily be . . . revolt.
—Mary Hays, Letters and Essays, Moral and Miscellaneous (1793)

When Hays wrote of obvious principles, she was referring to the idea of
a.
monarchy.
c.
natural law.
b.
the law of gravity.
d.
corrupt governments.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D