Which sentence from the conclusion best supports the following analogy? In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
A. "Two years ago the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong."
B. "Did we brave all then to falter now?"
C. “The result is not doubtful."
D. "We shall not fail-if we stand firm, we shall not fail."

detente translated to english means politics

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

explanation:

"germany's geographic location was an advantage when it was on the offensive in the war because it was situated next to an extremely wide river, the rhine, which was difficult for the allies to cross."