Read the passage from how to live twenty-four hours a day.

"what? i am to cultivate my mind in the street, on the platform, in the train, and in the crowded street again? ” precisely. nothing simpler!

which phrase most the reader conclude that the author’s purpose is to persuade?

“cultivate my mind”
“on the platform”
“crowded street”
“nothing simpler”

“nothing simpler.”

In this excerpt, the author is clearly trying to persuade the audience. We know this because of his use of the phrase "nothing simpler." By highlighting the simplicity of his argument, he hopes that the audience would be persuaded to see the argument as a simple one as well, and therefore, be convinced of his position.

what are the lines. come on!