What I want to do is to place before the American public a calm and dispassionate statement of certain curable ills as a basis upon which to rest an earnest plea for action; to waken, if possible, all those dormant and neglected powers and impulses for good which need to be called into active cooperation in order that the evils may be remedied.”

What did John Spargo want according to the passage?

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What John Spargo wanted according to the passage was to offer the American people a series of ideas to be reflected upon in order to make American people get into action and stop being a witness of the happenings of the time. Spargo believed that people could exert a formidable power through organized action to produce positive change in society.

Immigrant Joh Spargo (1876-1966) was a politician and a historian that spend some time supporting socialists ideology and then turned to be a supporter of democratic ideas, although expressed tough critics to Franklin D Roosevelt and his New Deal.

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.