Why did Emerson most likely include the quotation from John Brown in his speech?

A to support the righteous notion that John Brown was condemned because he chose to risk being vilified for defending impoverished, helpless people rather than protecting the wealthy and politically well-connected


B to establish that John Brown would have received a lighter sentence had he acted to defend the influential people of the country rather than choosing to defend those that others had determined unimportant


C to suggest that John Brown believed that people holding a public office only cared about influential people, and since he tried to fight for the rights of people of no social position, his actions would inevitably be punished


D to contradict others' responses to John Brown, especially those who felt that the legal judgment for his actions depended on those groups of people he helped; since he only assisted people who had no voice in politics, his ac