fellow - citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here today? what have i, or…

fellow - citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here today? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration of independence, extended to us? and am i, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us?\nwould to god, both for your sakes and ours, that an affirmative answer could be truthfully returned to these questions! then would my task be light, and my burden easy and delightful. for who is there so cold, that a nations sympathy could not warm him? who so obdurate and dead to the claims of gratitude, that would not thankfully acknowledge such priceless benefits? who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nations jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs? i am not that man. in a case like that, the dumb might eloquently speak, and the “lame man leap as an hart.”\nwhich statement best describes why this excerpt contains an example of deductive reasoning?\nit contains specific details that support a variety of different ideas.\nit uses clear examples that are easily understood by all readers.\nit starts with a very simple idea and builds to a much grander idea.\nit begins with broad statements and ends with more specific ones.

fellow - citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here today? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration of independence, extended to us? and am i, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us?\nwould to god, both for your sakes and ours, that an affirmative answer could be truthfully returned to these questions! then would my task be light, and my burden easy and delightful. for who is there so cold, that a nations sympathy could not warm him? who so obdurate and dead to the claims of gratitude, that would not thankfully acknowledge such priceless benefits? who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nations jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs? i am not that man. in a case like that, the dumb might eloquently speak, and the “lame man leap as an hart.”\nwhich statement best describes why this excerpt contains an example of deductive reasoning?\nit contains specific details that support a variety of different ideas.\nit uses clear examples that are easily understood by all readers.\nit starts with a very simple idea and builds to a much grander idea.\nit begins with broad statements and ends with more specific ones.

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Brief Explanations:

Deductive reasoning starts with general statements (broad ideas) and moves to specific conclusions. The text first asks general questions about national independence and principles, then gets into specific scenarios like who would not acknowledge benefits (specific ideas).

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It begins with broad statements and ends with more specific ones.