The following excerpt is from Union soldier Major Sullivan Ballou's Letter to Wife Sarah written in 1861 . Read the passage , and then answer the

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The following excerpt is from Union soldier Major Sullivan Ballou's Letter to Wife Sarah written in 1861 . Read the passage , and then answer the question .purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze , that my unbounded love for you , my darling wife and children , should struggle in fierce , though useless , contest with my love of country ? "'Which of the following best describes the motif that is present in this excerpt ? ( 5 points )*National strength) Consequences of war_ NourishmentO ImprisonmentThe following excerpt is from Union soldier Major Sullivan Ballou's Letter to Wife Sarah written in 1861 . Read the passage , and then answer the question ." My very dear Sarah :`The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days -perhaps tomorrow . Lest I should not be able to write you again , I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more*Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure - and it may be one of severe conflict and death to me . Not my will , but thine O God , be done . "\The purpose of placing this information in the beginning of the letter is to ( 5 points )*> inform his wife of the details of the coming battle*O explain the reasons for his changing travel plansO establish his opinion of what the soldiers should doprepare his wife for his possible demise10 ._.The following excerpt is from Union soldier Major Sullivan Ballou's Letter to Wife Sarah written in 1861 . Read the passage , and then answer the question ."purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze , that my unbounded love for you , my darling wife and children , should struggle in fierce , though useless , contest with my love of country ."Which of the following lines from the excerpt uses personification to describe Ballou's premonition ? ( 5 points )*" I cannot describe to you my feelings on this calm summer night , when two thousand men are sleeping around me , many of them enjoying the last , perhaps , before that of death . "J " ... suspicious that Death is creeping behind me with his fatal dart , am communing with God , my country and thee . "O " ... that my unbounded love for you , my darling wife and children , should struggle in fierce , though useless , contest with my love of country . "O " But , my dear wife , when I know , that with my own joys , I lay down nearly all of yours , and replace them in this life with care and sorrows , when , after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself , I must offer it . "