How would i start a compare/contrast sentence? (i'm doing a compare/contrast essay of george washington and abraham lincoln btw)

I suggest you just pick which person you want to describe first then start comparing him to one or the other then do the same for contrast.

It sounds like they were presented with a solution that did not fit the realities of the time. as well as the state of education and the laws of the time. they are therefore presenting a rebuttal