Which passage from “President Kennedy’s Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs” provides the text with an urgent tone?
all of you have lived through the last four years and have seen the significance of space and the adventures in space
a new course of action, a course which will last for many years and carry very heavy costs: 531 million dollars in fiscal ’62
unless every scientist, every engineer, every serviceman, every technician
providing a means for even more exciting and ambitious exploration of space, perhaps beyond the moon, perhaps to the very end of the solar system itself
unless every scientist, every engineer, every serviceman, every technician
The passage that provides the text with an urgent tone is: "a new course of action, a course which will last for many years and carry very heavy costs: 531 million dollars in fiscal ’62."
To arrive at this answer, you need to analyze the language used in each passage and determine which one conveys a sense of urgency. In this passage, President Kennedy emphasizes the need for a new course of action that involves significant costs. The mention of heavy costs in fiscal '62 indicates a sense of urgency because it highlights the immediate need to allocate resources and take action.