The monarch and his followers thought of the court as （）how the kingdom ought to be, the harmonious expression of a larger social order centred on the monarch.

It is difficult to conceive how, even for those people ...

单项选择题It is difficult to conceive how, even for those people well disposed to rule themselves, the attempt to achieve happiness should be rendered so （） by one single curse, that of a bad form of government.

The primary impulse of each human being is to（）himself,...

单项选择题The primary impulse of each human being is to（）himself, but the secondary impulse is to venture out of the self, to correct its provincialism and heal its loneliness.

Current estimates put thirteen percent of global flora ...

单项选择题Current estimates put thirteen percent of global flora at risk of extinction, but this number does not include （） plants from tropical regions, where the majority of the world's plants grow.