The title of the selection you'll read in this lesson is "Lincoln the Great" by Wilfred W. McClay. Which question could you ask before reading to help you establish a purpose as you read the text?
o How does the author's point of view on Lincoln change throughout the text?
What phrases does the author use repeatedly in the text?
o In what way was Lincoln a great president and leader?
Why does the text end in the way that it does?

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explanation:

edwards uses the phrase "o who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is! " in order to illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. the word "express" denoted that the state of a suffering soul is required to be described by any person, but it would not happen because no one can imagine how this suffering is felt.  

-show what might happen if the reader disobeys edwards is not correct because this is described trhough the text, not by the phrase used.

-describe what endless suffering looks and feels like is not correct because this description might be the porpuse of the excerpt provided, not the porpuse of using the phrase during the writting.

-prove that few people have survived limitless suffering is not correct because it is implied that the soul of a person is already suffering and doesn't have any way to escape.