Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” (1849): “government is best”; later asks for a “government in which” conscience, not majorities, decides right and wrong. How is “government” refined?

Compare Thoreau’s uses: “Government is at best” an expedient, yet people need machinery to satisfy an “idea of government.” What does the second use add?

Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (1841): society prizes “conformity”; later he calls it a “game of conformity.” How is “conformity” refined?

Compare Emerson’s “every man’s education” with “would be a man” in “Self-Reliance” (1841). What does the second use add to “man”?

Douglass, Narrative (1845): hiring his time is a “step towards freedom”; later he prepares for a “life of freedom.” How is “freedom” refined?

Douglass, Narrative (1845): Covey leaves “man transformed” into brute; later “a slave was made a man.” How is “man” refined?

Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863): “new nation”; later “that nation might live.” How does “nation” change?

Compare Lincoln’s “dedicated to the proposition” with “dedicated to the unfinished work” (1863). What does the second “dedicated” add?

Paine, “Common Sense” (1776): “government by our wickedness”; later government is a “necessary evil.” How is “government” refined?

Compare Paine’s “Society is produced” by wants with “Society in every state is a blessing.” What does the second “society” supply?

Declaration of Independence (1776): government secures “these rights”; later it is “the Right of the People” to alter it. How is “rights” refined?

Compare “Governments are instituted” with “Government becomes destructive” in the Declaration (1776). What does the second use add?

King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963): “justice everywhere” and later “justice denied.” What effect does the final sense of “justice” create?

King (1963) contrasts “just laws” and “unjust laws.” What does that final distinction let him argue about law?

Orwell, “Politics and the English Language” (1946): “language is in a bad way”; later “language can also corrupt thought.” What does the final sense enable?

Compare Orwell’s “Meaningless words” with words used in a “consciously dishonest” way. What does the second use add to “words”?

Woolf, “Professions for Women” (1931): she names “The Angel in the House”; later, “Killing the Angel” was part of writing. How is “Angel” refined?

Woolf (1931): “Had I not killed her”; the Angel would pluck the “heart out of my writing.” What effect does the final sense of the Angel create?

Declaration of Sentiments (1848): “inalienable rights”; later “first right” names the elective franchise. What does the second use supply?

Declaration of Sentiments (1848): “this government” has produced sufferance; later women seek a “new government.” What does that final meaning let the text demand?