What is the phrase a tiny shoot of phase prikled by the mind

In what way is the narrator most clearly a monster? a. he has no reason to be bitter but he is. b. he doesn't need to hurt animals but he does. c. he ha no reason to be mean but he is. d. he doesn't need to feel ashamed but he does.

In 1896, a 308-page edition of  the american wheelmanearned the distinction of being "the largest magazine ever issued from a printing press,” according to the advertising journal  printers’ ink. which accurately describes this statement? it is subjective because the information contained in this statement cannot be proven. it is subjective because everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement. it is subjective because the information contained in this statement can not be proven. it is objective because the information contained in this statement can be proven. it is objective because not everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement.

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?