The author mentions professor hodous's 16 years of missionary service in china primarily to

demonstrate that professor hodous is committed to treating buddhism fairly
indicate why professor hodous should be considered an expert on buddhism
point out that professor hodous has a religious bias regarding buddhism
show that professor hodous is a deeply religious person

The answer is: indicate why Professor Hodous should be considered an expert on Buddhism

Explanation:

When learning an educational book on a certain topic, it is essential to be familiar with the author's level of expertise, in order to gain valid information. One's level of expertise can be judged based on his knowledge or experience. Although undoubtedly immense, we can not draw definite conclusions about the range of professor's knowledge from this excerpt. However, from the information about his sixteen years long missionary services in the important Buddhism center, we can certainly claim that professor Hodous is filled with experience on this topic.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)