Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.
Yet, by the time Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than American battle deaths in all other wars from the Revolution through the Vietnam War.
What is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail?
A. to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts
B. to persuade readers of the seriousness of the American Civil War
C. to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle
D. to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in Appomattox, Virginia

B. to persuade readers of the seriousness of the American Civil War.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles" A comparison between the number of soldier's deaths in the American Civil War, and in other wars from the Revolution via the Vietnam War can be seen. The purpose of the author to include this detail is an deliberate attempt to persuade and convince the readers of the seriousness and the aftermath of the American Civil War.

B. to persuade readers of the seriousness of the American Civil War

Explanation:

the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

emerson essentially believes that traveling is overrated. he supports this perspective through an initial focus on "the idea" of places like italy, england, and egypt, and the fascination of "educated americans" with them. he argues that those places only took on the grand, majestic ideas that they represent because "they who made england, italy, or greece venerable in the imagination did so by sticking fast where they were, like an axis of the earth." yes, those places are grand, but only because they so clearly represent the places that they are. the art and culture of italy, england, and egypt is authentic, and therefore significant.

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