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Choose TWO of the following quotes. Identify the author of each quote and the work from which it comes; then explain both its meaning and its significance. Remember, the significance has to do with the context in which this quote is written. Do not forget this.
Question 1. "Surely, this is a new refinement in cruelty, which, while it has no advantage to atone for it, thus aggravates distress and adds fresh horrors even to the wretchedness of slavery." (The key to interpreting this quote is knowing what "this" is.)
Question 2. THESE are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. (To answer well, you must define the crisis and define summer soldier and sunshine patriot.)
Question 3. Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of Heaven.