The hyperbole in the passage is found in Sentence 3: "One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon." This sentence exaggerates the idea of good sense being more significant than a monument of great height.
Select the hyperbole in the passage.
1. Nations are possessed with an ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone they leave.
2. What if equal pains were taken to smooth and polish their manners?
3. One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.
4. I love better to see stones in place
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