a symbol of freedom\nedouard de laboulaye, a french writer\nand law professor, admired the freedoms\nenjoyed…

a symbol of freedom\nedouard de laboulaye, a french writer\nand law professor, admired the freedoms\nenjoyed in the united states. he\nsupported abraham lincolns freeing of\nslaves during the civil war. after the war,\nin 1865, he suggested that france present\na statue to the u.s. the statue was meant\nto honor lincoln and american\ndemocracy. at that time, the french\npeople had little say in their government.\nlaboulaye hoped the statue would\nencourage the french to demand more freedom at home. work\nbegan on the project in 1875. ten years later, the statue, known\nas the statue of liberty, finally arrived in new york.\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nedouard de laboulaye wanted the statue of liberty to\ninspire freedom and democracy in france.\nedouard de laboulaye came up with the idea for the\nstatue of liberty after the american civil war ended.

a symbol of freedom\nedouard de laboulaye, a french writer\nand law professor, admired the freedoms\nenjoyed in the united states. he\nsupported abraham lincolns freeing of\nslaves during the civil war. after the war,\nin 1865, he suggested that france present\na statue to the u.s. the statue was meant\nto honor lincoln and american\ndemocracy. at that time, the french\npeople had little say in their government.\nlaboulaye hoped the statue would\nencourage the french to demand more freedom at home. work\nbegan on the project in 1875. ten years later, the statue, known\nas the statue of liberty, finally arrived in new york.\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nedouard de laboulaye wanted the statue of liberty to\ninspire freedom and democracy in france.\nedouard de laboulaye came up with the idea for the\nstatue of liberty after the american civil war ended.

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The passage starts by introducing Edouard de Laboulaye, his admiration for US freedoms, support for Lincoln's actions. Then it mentions his suggestion of the statue to honor Lincoln and American democracy. Also, it states that at that time French had little say in government and Laboulaye hoped the statue would encourage French to demand more freedom. So the main idea is about his intention behind the statue related to inspiring freedom and democracy (both in the US as honored and hoped in France). The second option just mentions the time of the idea which is a detail, not the central idea.

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Edouard de Laboulaye wanted the Statue of Liberty to inspire freedom and democracy in France.