Based on the details in this excerpt, what is the purpose of this speech?
O to demonstrate
O to inform
O to entertain
O to persuade
Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the
New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low,
Mayor of the City of Brooklyn.
This Bridge is a landway over the water, connecting
two cities bearing to each other relations in some
respects similar. It is the function of such works to
bless "both him that gives and him that takes." The
development of the West has not belittled, but has
enlarged New York, and Brooklyn will grow by reason
of this Bridge, not at New York's expense, but to her
permanent advantage. The Brooklyn of 1900 can
hardly be guessed at from the city of to-day. The hand
of Time is a mighty hand. To those who are privileged
to live in sight of this noble structure every line of it
should be eloquent with inspiration. Courage,
enterprise, skill, faith, endurance--these are the
qualities which have made the great Bridge, and these
the qualitios which will make our city areat and our

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the people of renaissance florence, like most city–states of the era, were composed of four social classes: the nobles, the merchants, the tradesmen and the unskilled workers.

the nobles lived on large estates outside the city walls. they owned most of the city’s land, so the nobles controlled. the nobles served as military officers, royal advisers and as politicians.

baldassare castiglione described the proper manners of a noble in the book of the courtier (1528). castiglione wrote that a noble must have training to be an able warrior and social talents such as wit, the ability to dance, and “a certain grace that makes all his activities seem effortless and unconscious.”

the nobles were disdainful of the merchant class, who gained wealth in industries like wool processing, shipbuilding and banking. the merchants sought to protect their wealth by controlling the government and marrying into noble families. they became patrons of great artists in order to gain public favor.

the tradesmen of florence were the crafts workers and shopkeepers. most tradesmen belonged to guilds, organizations that established standards of quality, set rules for membership, and limited outside competition.

the unskilled workers were the lowest class of city workers. these laborers did not have job protection and were very dependent on their employers. workers who violated rules could have their wages withheld or could be discharged from their jobs.