"for we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. the eyes of all people are upon us. so that if we shall deal
falsely with our god in this work we have we shall be made a story and a by-word throughout the world. we
shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of we shall shame the faces of many of god's worthy
servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us til we be consumed out of the good land whither we are
a-going."
john winthrop, "a model of christian charity," 1630

this feeling expressed in this passage from colonial america can also be best expressed by

a) the economic turmoil of the great depression.
b) the united states' belief in "manifest destiny."
c) the movement to abolish the institution of slavery.
d) the accumulation of american wealth during the "gilded age."