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Read the excerpt from John F. Kennedy's 1961
"Inaugural Address."
Select the correct answer
Which words from the passage support the speaker's optimistic tone?
from Inaugural Address
by John F. Kennedy
The world is very different now. For man
holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish
all forms of human poverty and all forms of
human life. And yet the same revolutionary
beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at
issue around the globe-the belief that the
rights of man come not from the generosity of
the state but from the hand of God.
O A. peace, tempered
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issue, unwilling
Oc.
proud, committed
OD.
abolish, disciplined
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We dare not forget today that we are the
heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go
forth from this time and place, to friend and foe
alike, that the torch has been passed t
generation of Americans-born in this centu
century,
tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and
bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage-and
unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing
of those human rights to which this nation has
always been committed, and to which we are
committed today at home and around the
world.