Who says the following and why? "What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come
every day."

A. Pickering is displaying his famous wit.

B. Higgins is convincing himself to take the Liza project on

C. Mrs. Pearce is sarcastically trying to make Higgins reconsider taking Liza in.

D. Mrs. Higgins is making excuses for Henry's behavior.

"What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day." These lines from Pygmalion are spoken by Professor Higgins, who is convincing himself of accepting Liza as a pupil.

Explanation:

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.