English, 30.12.2019 06:31 leahpartaka03
Read the excerpt from "benin plaque: the oba with europeans.” these were enormous and belief-shattering ideas for many people in the nineteenth century, but time was also changing in a much more day-to-day, or rather hour-to-hour, way. to clockmakers like earnshaw, precise and reliable clocks and watches became ever more affordable. before long the whole of britain was running by the clock, and the measurement of time had been severed from the natural cycle of days and seasons. the clock ruled every aspect of life – shops and schools, pleasure and work. as charles dickens wrote, ‘there was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.’
which central idea is best supported by the details in the excerpt?
the invention of affordable timepieces led many to become clockmakers.
people in britain began wearing watches as a fashion accessory.
as more people began to own clocks, society embraced standardized time.
many people in britain voiced a preference for the natural cycle of days.
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English, 22.06.2019 04:30, katyrb02
What does brutus say that anticipates the question of why the crowd should listen to mark antony? o a. not that i lov'd caesar less, but that i lov'd rome more. o b. and, for my sake, stay here with antony. do grace to caesar's corpse, and grace his speech. o c. i thrice presented him a kingly crown, / which he did thrice refuse. was this ambition? od. i come to bury caesar, not to praise him.
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