Read the excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural address.

We do not distrust the future of essential democracy. The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. They have made me the present instrument of their wishes. In the spirit of the gift I take it.

Using your knowledge of figurative language, the bold-faced section is an example of which technique?

Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia