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In lines 33–34, the author writes that "ambition would induce them to aspire to office, and commands and honors, to form cabals against their com...

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With respect to the author's argument, the purpose of paragraph 4 lines 24–34 is to


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Okay A peeing langer's here we go with respect to

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the author's argument The purpose of paragraph four lines twenty

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four through thirty for there is tio Well do what

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Let's just gaze lovingly at lines twenty four through thirty

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four Yet we're not all spirit of the rest of

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europe Intern during the century and with the weight problem

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By beginning the english we laugh and find following neighbors

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and governments or peace with each other Individuals every nation

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and every magnify matter prides with pleasure The national varieties

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from the magic good take to imitate each other and

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all the external embellishments have lied Well let's think about

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this The author started with well how dreadful a visit

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to america is and then hard cut tio How europeans

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act with each other This is where she finally loops

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back and explains that europeans are really like siblings They

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make fun of each other but ultimately love and learn

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from each other which as she'll reveal later is the

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exact opposite of what americans do And because the author

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introduced this idea at the beginning it's highly unlikely that

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she's decided to be a satirical of four paragraphs in

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self Just get rid of a and the line as

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long as the governments are at peace with each other

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also isn't meant to foreshadow a coming war because well

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this isn't a fictional text and fanny doesn't have miss

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clios psychic power that well that we know of to

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get her to see the other repeats the importance of

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etiquette throughout which suggests that it's important to her get

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rid of the in this paragraph She hasn't yet addressed

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american barbarism about give her time and you know get

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rid of e She'll get there The right answer here

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be its purpose is to reveal surprising information about the 00:01:41.354 --> [endTime] dynamic described above

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