In 1958, [fred] turner put together an
operations and training manual for the
company that was seventy-five pages long,
specifying how almost everything should be
done. hamburgers were always to be placed
in six neat rows; french fries had to be exactly
0.28 inches thick.
what makes this factual evidence effective?
o it shows an attention to consistency that
exists in the fast-food industry today.
o it shows the impossibility of maintaining
consistency in the fast-food industry.

there is no woman's sides

can bide the beating of so strong a passion

as love doth give my heart; no woman's heart

so big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

hope this !

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.