What is the purpose of the subjective language in this excerpt?
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Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the
New York and Brooklyn
Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low,
Mayor of the City of Brooklyn
The importance of this Bridge in its far-reaching effects
at once entices and baffles the imagination. At either
end of the Bridge lies a great city-cities full of
vigorous life. The activities and the energies of each
flow over into the other. The electric current has
conveyed unchecked between the two the
interchanging thoughts, but the rapid river has ever
bidden halt to the foot of man. It is as though the
population of these cities had been brought down to
the river-side, year after year, there to be taught
patience; and as though, in this Bridge, after these
many years, patience had had her perfect work.
O to describe the architectural beauty of the bridge to
the audience
to convince the citizens of New York that this bridge
is meaningful
O to persuade the audience that another bridge
should soon be built
O to inform the people of New York that they live in a
great city