“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected th
em with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” which phrase in this passage from the declaration of independence directly states the purpose of the document? to dissolve the political bands to assume among the powers of the earth impel them to the separation declare the causes
In this passage, the author states that the main purpose of writing the Declaration of Independence is the fact that the colonists feel inclined to declare the causes that lead them to desire independence. The author explains that, since one of the two powers wants to separate from the other one, a decent respect and the laws of nature force them to declare why it is that they desire the separation. Therefore, the main purpose of the passage is to declare the causes of independence.
Dexter emphasizes the use of the word pretty during the final dialogue of Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dream. This is because it is aggressive the insinuation of his interlocutor that the beauty of Judy is not such, since that beauty was the engine that drove his dreams of youth. The news of Judy's situation impacts him because he realizes that he can not go back in time and that in his current world there is nothing that could interest him or cause him the emotion he felt for Judy at the time.