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In this excerpt from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," the underlined word most closely means:

I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous was not sufficient to prevent our slipping:

rebellious

cantankerous

conformine to ethical princioles,

theoretical rather than practical

Answer

theoretical rather than practical.

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In the given sentence, the word "speculative" refers to something that is based on theory or conjecture rather than practical experience. The author...