Question

It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.” Paine uses this aphorism to A. focus on the atrocities of war. B. stress the importance of social status. C. show that the war efforts affect everyone. D. stress that everyone has an obligation to the cause.

Answer 1

The answer is: [C]: show that the war efforts affect everyone .
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Answer 2

Paine uses this aphorism to show that the war efforts affect everyone.

Step-by-step explanation:

An aphorism is an expression that talks about a general truth, and they commonly pass from generation to generation. This line from "The Crisis number one" by Thomas Paine, talks about popular knowledge and it focuses that in any place that is involved in conflict people will get affected by it even if they don't get directly involved.