Read the following excerpt from winston churchill's 'their finest hour"
speech presented during world war ii:
i am not reciting these facts for the purpose of
recrimination. that i judge to be utterly futile and even
harmful. we cannot afford it. ... now i put all this aside. i
put it on the shelf, from which the historians, when they
have time, will select their documents to tell their stories,
we have to think of the future and not of the past.
what is most likely the intended effect of beginning the speech this way?
o a. the audience will conclude that churchill doesn't want to discuss
failure.
o b. the audience will view churchill as a proud leader, unwilling to
accept failure.
o c. the audience will be convinced to focus on hope for the future.
o d. the audience will realize that assigning blame is for children.
