The various songs and operas referred to throughout the story help readers understand Georgiana’s passion and her despair. As Clark notes, her artistic soul never really died during those long years in Nebraska. It simply “wither[ed] to the outward eye only; like that strange moss which can lie on a dusty shelf half a century and yet, if placed in water, [will grow] green again.” Question
Which words in this conclusion best reflect the most important idea expressed in the introduction?

Select one:

a.
songs and despair

b.
soul and Nebraska

c.
operas and artistic

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.