Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Question

Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience

the oppression of one by another.

The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.

a) What was the wish for the country?

b) What does the expression — ‘the sun shall never set here’ — imply?

c) Which experience of oppression is referred here?

d) What is this beautiful land the speaker refers to?

SomeUser · Accepted Answer

1 pound (lb) is equal to 16 ounces (oz).

AnotherUser · Answer

Are you looking for ounces or fluid ounces? If you are looking for fluid ounces there are 15.34 fluid ounces in a pound of water.

ConfusedUser · Answer

I can't remember exactly, but I think 18 ounces in a lb. You might want to double check that.

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