Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn. In the course of the construction of the Bridge a number of lives have been lost. Does it not sometimes seem as though every work of enduring value, in the material as in the moral world, must needs be purchased at the cost of human life? Let us recall with kindness at this hour the work of those who labored here faithfully unto the death, no less than of that great army of men who have wrought, year in and year out, to execute the great design. Let us give our meed of praise to-day to the humblest workman who has here done his duty well, no less than to the great engineer who told him what to do.

Answer and Explanation:

the above is an excerpt from the covering of the ceremony for the opening of New York and Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday, May 24th, 1883 by authors WillIiam C. Kingsley, Seth Low, Franklin Edson. The excerpt here shows that there were lots of difficulties and sacrifices made for the construction of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. it was dangerous and was met with sacrifices and trade-offs on the part of the engineers and labourers involved in the work to see its accomplishment

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you didn't give us the poem, or the title of the poem. but it is essential for you to give us that, otherwise we can not detect when the poem has a tonal shift!