Which choice most effectively displays the concept of comparison and contrast? a) neither of the moons of mars are terribly large. b) people used to speculate that there might be life on venus. c) venus and mars are both planets which at one time were said to contain life. d) while they are almost the same size, earth and venus have very different terrains.

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.