Declaration of Independence (1776): "all men are created equal" and governments get "consent of the governed." Which pair of central ideas is at work?

Paine, Common Sense (1776): "Society in every state is a blessing" but "government...is but a necessary evil." Which pair of ideas is most central?

Douglass, Narrative (1845): "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man." Which pair of central ideas is at work?

Wollstonecraft, A Vindication (1792): "neglected education" is "the grand source" of misery, and women are made "weak and wretched." Which pair fits?

Banneker to Jefferson (1791): people of his complexion are called "brutish" although all share "the same faculties." Which pair of central ideas is at work?

Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903): "double-consciousness" means "looking at one’s self through the eyes of others." Which pair is most central?

Orwell, "Politics and the English Language" (1946): language can "make lies sound truthful" and give "solidity to pure wind." Which pair is most central?

Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" (1849): "government is best which governs least"; "Must the citizen...resign his conscience...?" How do the ideas interact?

Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863): war is "testing whether that nation...can long endure"; it needs "a new birth of freedom." How do the ideas interact?

Washington, Farewell Address (1796): union is a "main pillar" of independence and a "main prop" of liberty. How do the ideas interact?

King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963): "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"; "justice too long delayed is justice denied." How do the ideas interact?

Kennedy, Inaugural Address (1961): "the torch has been passed" and citizens should ask "what you can do for your country." How do the ideas interact?

FDR, Four Freedoms speech (1941): freedoms are needed "everywhere in the world"; "A good society" faces domination "without fear." How do the ideas interact?

Woolf, "Professions for Women" (1931): the Angel "used to come between me and my paper"; later, "freedom is only a beginning." How do the ideas interact?

Orwell (1946): "present political chaos is connected with the decay of language"; simplifying English exposes "stupidity." How do the ideas interact?

Madison, Federalist No. 10 (1787): "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire"; removing it is "worse than the disease." Which summary captures the relationship?

Lincoln, Second Inaugural (1865): "Both read the same Bible" and "let us judge not." Which summary captures the relationship?

Thoreau (1849): "Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine." Which summary captures the relation between the metaphor and the argument?

Douglass, Narrative (1845): Auld’s ban on reading revealed "the pathway from slavery to freedom." Which summary best captures the relationship?

Declaration of Independence (1776): a "long train of abuses" gives a people the duty to "throw off such Government." Which summary captures the relation?