i have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which i am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. i know how strongly american civilization now leans on the triumph of the government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and sufferings of the revolution. and i am willing perfectly willing to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt. What literary device did the author use in this passage?