PLEASE HELP...CORRECT ANSWER GETS BRAINLIEST!! What is the main idea of this excerpt?:
"Gold and silver, of which money is made, are treated... that no one values
them more highly than their true nature deserves. Who does not see that they are
far inferior to iron in usefulness since without iron mortals cannot live any more
than without fire and water?"

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.