Which excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey best supports the conclusion that odysseus’s fate is doomed? - the cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him, and we fell back in fear. -but i kept thinking how to win the game: death sat there huge; how could we slip away? -ahead of our black prow it struck and sank whelmed in a spurning geyser, - but zeus disdained my offering; destruction for my ships he had in store

✔ But Zeus disdained my offering;

destruction for my ships he had in store.

ladies and gentlemen, this message that you will hear is to my family:

dear family, you so much for giving me a possibility to live and i am happy that you took care of me and always telling me that i can do everything that i have in mind, you trusted me and still do it, i don't think i need to ask you for more, i love you.

you so much for listening.

hope this you.

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).