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Explanation:
When the author uses a certain tone to show emphasis on a certain part of the text to further show how he feels on a certain subject. When the author compares two different things into a compound sentence to show two sides of something in the text to help develop the central idea.
The answer is:
It suggests that Ben's father's intellectual curiosity is a positive trait.
According to the passage, Ben's father inquisitiveness and intense desire for knowledge equals U.S. president's Abraham Lincoln's curiosity. As a result, he takes his family on holiday from Michigan to South Dakota in a comfortable trailer to go camping and see waterfalls, forests and Mount Rushmore.