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This was the only ground of that war in which they engaged with the Nephelogetes against the Aleopolitanes, a little before our time; for the merchants of the former having, as they thought, met with great injustice among the latter, which (whether it was in itself right or wrong) drew on a terrible war, in which many of their neighbours were engaged; and their keenness in carrying it on being supported by their strength in maintaining it, it not only shook some very flourishing states and very much afflicted others, but, after a series of much mischief ended in the entire conquest and slavery of the Aleopolitanes, who, though before the war they were in all respects much superior to the Nephelometer, were yet subdued; but, though the Utopians had assisted them in the war, yet they pretended to no share of the spoil. The purpose of this passage is to provide an

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Answer:

The purpose of this excerpt is to show how utopians were willing to defeat their enemies.

Explanation:

The narrator of the story shows how the utopians had a passion for fighting and how they were determined to achieve great achievements since it promotes the defeat of their enemies. This passion was what motivated them to fight and that is why they seemed so frightening. We can see this through the lines "their keenness in carrying it on being supported by their strength in maintaining it, it not only shook some very flourishing states and very much afflicted other."