Go on, the dagger's point may glare Amid thy pathway's gloom;
The fate which sternly threatens there
Is glorious martyrdom
What can be inferred from this passage about the times in which Whittier and Garrisorrived?
The abolitionists were preparing for armed conflict.
Speaking out against slavery was often very dangerous.
O People believed that slavery could only be abolished by force.
Being a martyr for a cause was frowned upon.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia