Which of the following excerpts from The American Crisis is an example of an aphorism?
A. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray
of light.
B. Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I feel no concern from it.
C. I call not upon a few, but upon all; not on this state or that state,
but on every state.
D. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.

a. the idea that women need protection from men is a myth.

the answer is #2 if im not mistaken