Which parts of this except from henry david thoreau’s essay "on the duty of civil disobedience" emphasize the common romantic theme that the individual has greater value than society or government what’s the answer need asap

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After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule, is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest. But a government in which the majority rules in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?—in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

 a. After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and for a long period continue, to rule

b. But a government in which the majority rules in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.

c. Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator?

d. I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

ANSWER

The correct option is C.

The author is one of those people who believed that the government should be subjected to its citizen. He is of the opinion that the people who are been ruled are greater than the rulers because they are the one who put them in power. Thus, the statement given in option C implies that, citizens are not expected to subject their conscience to any legislator or government since they are of more value than the government.

close reading is a skill that requires students to determine purpose and notice features and language used by the author so that they can think thoughtfully and methodically about the details in the text and why they were used.

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