Read the fifth paragraph from the speech. And answer the question

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anonymous · Answer

Read the fifth paragraph from the speech.

Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck to its side like colored maps. We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions.

Johnson uses this paragraph to accomplish which of the following purposes?

anonymous · Answer

to suggest that all people are connected
   to put the problems of humanity into perspective
   to disregard the problems that confront humanity
   to suggest that war is a necessary evil
   to show that conflict is a natural part of life
   to show that people share a common condition

anonymous · Answer

To put the problems of humanity into perspective