Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the
City of Brooklyn
In the course of the construction of the Bridge a number of lives have been lost. Does it not sometimes seem as though every work of enduring value in the material as in the moral world, must needs be purchased at the cost of human life? Let us recall with kindness at this hour the
work of those who labored here faithfully unto the death no less than of that great army of men who have wrought year in and year out, to execute the great design. Let us give our meed of praise to-day to the humblest workman
who has here done his duty well, no less than to the great
engineer who told him what to do
Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of this excerpt?
•The mayor gently lectures on the importance of
speaking kindly about those who have died.
•The mayor commemorates and gives praise to those
who were killed while building the bridge.
•Low gives a monotonous explanation of the costs of the
materials that were purchased for the bridge
•Low remembers those humble men who labored
intensely and faithfully to execute this dream.
