It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range Recovery, that you will have the
driving force to accomplish long-range Reform. On the other hand, even wise and necessary Reform may, in some respects,
impede and complicate Recovery
What is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt?
It provides à counter-argument to the writer's main ideas,
It provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder.
Eliminate
It provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument
It provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's
argument