Acknowledges counterargument that
optimism ignores the facts
establishes her credibility on the topic
of optimism
directly engages reader to consider
why she is an optimist
Can anyone who has escaped such captivity,
who has felt the thrill and glory of freedom,
be a pessimist?
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A poet once said I must be happy because I
did not see the bare, cold present, but lived
in a beautiful dream. ArrowBoth
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if
my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so
thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life,
—if, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony
to the creed of optimism is worth hearing. ArrowBoth
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