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Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New
York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the
City of Brooklyn
Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of
this excerpt?
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.
O The mayor gently lectures on the importance of
speaking kindly about those who have died.
O The mayor commemorates and gives praise to those
who were killed while building the bridge.
Low gives a monotonous explanation of the costs of the
materials that were purchased for the bridge.
O Low remembers those humble men who labored
intensely and faithfully to execute this dream.