In this line from Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, what element denotes that it is from the Revolutionary era?

There exists in man a mass of sense lying in a dormant state, and which, unless something excites it to action, will descend with him, in that condition, to the grave.

A.
the mention of the grave
B.
the mention of sense
C.
the persuasion toward action
D.
the mention of excitement

Question

In this line from Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, what element denotes that it is from the Revolutionary era?

There exists in man a mass of sense lying in a dormant state, and which, unless something excites it to action, will descend with him, in that condition, to the grave.

A. 
the mention of the grave
B. 
the mention of sense
C. 
the persuasion toward action
D. 
the mention of excitement

AngeI · Answer

In the Revolutionary era, people try to convince others to take action. It is not a revolution if you cannot get other people to rise up and join you. 
I hope you can use what I said above to help you figure out your answer c: