nelson mandela (1918 - 2013) was president of south africa from 1994 to 1999. in his inauguration - day speech, mandela refers to the end of apartheid, a south african social policy of racial segregation that lasted from 1948 to 1991. in 1962, the united nations encouraged countries to cut political and economic ties with south africa because of apartheid, and the following year mandela received a lifetime prison sentence for his protests against apartheid. freed in 1990, he won the 1994 election.

from in his own words

inauguration as president

address to the nation at the inauguration of nelson mandela as president of the republic of south africa.
union buildings, pretoria
10 may 1994.
1. today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.
2. our daily deeds as ordinary south africans must produce an actual south african reality that will reinforce humanitys belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. all this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well - represented here today.
3. to my compatriots, i have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld. each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal.
in paragraph 4, mandela refers to the \spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland\.
which detail from the passage best illustrates what mandela means by this idea?
1. \each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal\ (paragraph 3)
2. he time for the healing of the wounds has come\ (paragraph 8)
3. \we have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.\ (paragraph 8)
4. \we succeeded in taking our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace.\ (paragraph 9)

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nelson mandela (1918 - 2013) was president of south africa from 1994 to 1999. in his inauguration - day speech, mandela refers to the end of apartheid, a south african social policy of racial segregation that lasted from 1948 to 1991. in 1962, the united nations encouraged countries to cut political and economic ties with south africa because of apartheid, and the following year mandela received a lifetime prison sentence for his protests against apartheid. freed in 1990, he won the 1994 election.

from in his own words

inauguration as president

address to the nation at the inauguration of nelson mandela as president of the republic of south africa.
union buildings, pretoria
10 may 1994.
1. today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.
2. our daily deeds as ordinary south africans must produce an actual south african reality that will reinforce humanitys belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. all this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well - represented here today.
3. to my compatriots, i have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld. each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal.
in paragraph 4, mandela refers to the \spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland\.
which detail from the passage best illustrates what mandela means by this idea?
1. \each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal\ (paragraph 3)
2. 	he time for the healing of the wounds has come\ (paragraph 8)
3. \we have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.\ (paragraph 8)
4. \we succeeded in taking our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace.\ (paragraph 9)

Accepted Answer

# Brief Explanations:
The idea of "spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland" emphasizes a deep - rooted connection to the land. Option 1, which talks about feeling a sense of personal renewal when touching the land, best illustrates this connection. It shows how individuals are spiritually and physically attached to the homeland.
# Answer:
1. "Each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal." (Paragraph 3)

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