As your textbook explains, we continue to find commemorative speeches like the Gettysburg Address meaningful and inspiring primarily because

A. they motivated people to take heroic action.
B. of their eloquent use of language.
C. they were given by important historical figures.
D. of the occasions on which they were delivered.
E. they were delivered from memory.


Answer: B

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A. diagonal B. downward C. upward D. lateral

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