It was Ahab's obsession with the past.
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can you please post a picture of the first paragraph or say what the name of the book is?
I'll answer your question
"This was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded with a purpose."
"The history of this country, in large measure, is the history of the expansion of that right to all of our people."
Something mysterious happened. It builds tension making the reader want to read more.
An apostrophe right after the "its" like this: its'
