Consider the quote from roosevelt's speech: "let no one imagine that america will escape, that america may expect mercy." what inference can be made from this quote? *

Taken from the Quarantine Speech (October 5, 1937) given by the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the quote “Let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy.” is part of a greater paragraph. Roosevelt said in his speech: “If those things come to pass in other parts of the world, let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy, that this Western Hemisphere will not be attacked and that it will continue tranquilly and peacefully to carry on the ethics and the arts of civilization.”. Here, what Roosevelt talks about is the possible loss of hundreds of creations and achievements of humans due to war or conflicts between nations. In the quote “Let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy.”, Roosevelt argues that if human beings start suffering the consequences of such conflicts between nations (“[…] the small, the delicate, the defenseless—all will be lost or wrecked or utterly destroyed.”), America will not be able to avoid them or to expect mercy. It will be impossible to turn a blind eye to that situation and carry on with our daily routines (art and ethics). The inference that can be made is that America will face those problems sooner or later and yet no one will show mercy. This may be encouraged by the idea presented by Roosevelt on this speech about a more aggressive viewpoint.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)