Which sentence in this excerpt from Patrick Henry's famous "liberty or death" speech at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 emphasizes the American colonists' efforts to avoid war?
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
by Patrick Henry (excerpt)
Let us not, I beseech you, sir, decelve ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We
have petitioned; we have remonstrated, we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its
Interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced
additional violence and insult, our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the
thronel in vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish
to be free--If we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--If we mean not basely to
abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious
object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left
US!
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American colonists' efforts to avoid war

Explanation:

The sentence in the excerpt from Patrick Henry's famous "liberty or death" speech at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 that emphasized the American colonists' efforts to avoid war was "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored

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third option. in the excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting

for" by senator elizabeth warren, she supports her point by noting:

"for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by.”

warren supported barbara mikulski’s the paycheck fairness act to combat wage

discrimination, as it would to ensure “that salary differences have

something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because

they are women”.

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”