. Synthesize What idea and point of view is Riis expressing when he says, "The Children's Aid Society and kindred philanthropic organizations were yet unborn, but
in the city directory was to be found the address of the American Society for the
Promotion of Education in Africa"? How is this sentiment different from what Tom
Brokaw says about the American people in the video? What explains this difference?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?