"Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but
Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong
wind and bears
me
irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield.
The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most
gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them so long. And hard it is
for me to give them up and
burn
to ashes the hopes of future years, when God willing, we might
still have lived and loved together, and seen
our sons grow up to honorable manhood around us."
Which of the following best describes the motif that is present in this excerpt? (5 points)
Light and dark
Weather
Nourishment
Bondage