How is the word "nature" used differently in these two sentences? use the complete passage to support your answer. "if we may collect the sentiments of the people of america, from their own most solemn declarations, they hold this truth as self-evident, that all men are by nature free." "some are of such a nature that they cannot be surrendered."

Although both of these passages employ the word "nature," they do so in slightly different ways. In the first sentence, the author states that men are "by nature" free. This implies that men are "naturally" free. The sentence attempts to give an explanation of what should be seen as "common sense" by people.

On the other hand, in the second sentence, the author states that some men "are of such a nature" that they cannot change be surrendered. The word "nature" here is used to describe a person's intrinsic tendency or inclination towards a particular action.

eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.

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c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”