Which of these was a result of the Emancipation Proclamation? A. The secession of Southern states B. The inspiration for the Gettysburg Address C. The end of the Civil War D. The freedom of slaves in rebel states

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?