The author writes, "In my private life, I've lost contact with family members and I've seen friendships die in silence when I failed to say what was really on my mind." What is the author's purpose for including
this reflection?

In this excerpt from "colonialism in the united states" by henry c. lodge, which word is closest in meaning to the word indelibly? long after the world to which it belonged has vanished, a habit of thought will live on, indelibly imprinted upon a race or nation, like the footprint of some extinct beast or bird upon a piece of stone.