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AP English Language and Composition 8.8 Passage Drill. In the context of the passage, the phrase "profession of equality" refers to what?

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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop du

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jour brought to you by jane austen's pride and prejudice

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or is it would be known today The rial wannabe

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housewives have hurt furred shire Yeah this question centers online

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Seventy of the passage line seventy right there All right

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question is in the context of this passage the phrase

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profession of equality refers to what and hear the potential

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answer right and believe republicans egalitarian All right well in

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eighteen thirty two a class system was still firmly in

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place in the british isles A person regardless of how

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awesome and smart they were could never truly change the

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social class they were born into For examples we could

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look at pretty much anything by jane austen or if

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we fell asleep during english class we could always tune

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in to the latest episode of downton abbey fine show

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Either way the point is ah person at that time

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was born into a certain social class and was expected

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to remain there for the rest of their lives Ouch

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In contrast the united states was founded on the total

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opposite the american dream baby The american dream said that

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anyone regardless of what cards they were dealt a birth

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could be almost anything they wanted And the american dream

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has been true for many people like former presidents ronald

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reagan and bill clinton who are both born poor In

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this passage the author who surprise surprise is british sides

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with her countrymen when it comes to the merits of

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a class system yeah inline sixty two to sixty six

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she sarcastically states that america will be just fine as

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long as they can overcome the natural order of things

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which is that god only gives good manners and great

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talent to those of high birth and station several times

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the author suggests that the american government has been set

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up toe foster this so called backward american belief But

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when she talks about this profession of equality she's referring

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to the american belief system itself not the government we

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know this because she never mentions anything about governor let's

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Keep that in mind when referring back to our potential

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answers well in line seventy two three seventy five the

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author uses all kinds of flowery language to describe the

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caste system that the british hold so dear Then she

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goes on to say that if the u s decides

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to accept this super awesome belief system they khun b

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buds We take that to mean that when she's rallying

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against the american profession of equality she's rallying against an

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ethic not a document or an institution were looking at

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our answers there's Only one that's an ethic or an

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ideal while the other four specifically tied to a government

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construct So yeah it's e Still we can't help but

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wonder if this author would have changed her mind after

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discovering facebook or using a mac both products of the 00:02:42.968 --> [endTime] american dream

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