<span>The passage has a melancholy mood throughout.
Demonstrated by the negative tone and word choice in the passage.</span>
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Puritans as a political entity largely disappeared, but Puritan attitudes and ethics continued to exert an influence on American society. They made a virtue of qualities that made for economic success—self-reliance, frugality, industry, and energy—and through them influenced modern social and economic life.