Why did Franklin prefer to think of the rights of men as a matter of reason and rationality instead of religion?

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?

The author or the odyssey, an epic written in 700 b. c.,

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.