Question

This line from Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, what element denotes that it is from the Revolutionary era?

There exists in man a mass of sense lying in a dormant state, and which, unless something excites it to action, will descend with him, in that condition, to the grave.

the mention of the grave

the mention of sense
the persuasion toward action
the mention of excitement
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Answer 1

The mention of grave is what happens