Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into
beasts.' Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes, see not, and, having
ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part,
whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the
worst, and to provide for it.
Paraphrase this to one sentence

Where does the receiver live in the giver?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

According to the riddle of the rosetta stone, what problem did both jean-francois champollion and sylvestre de sacy face in their attempts to decipher the writings on the rosetta stone?