Read this excerpt from "Letter to His Son":
In regard to duty, let me, in conclusion of this hasty letter, inform you that nearly a hundred years ago there was a day of remarkable gloom and darkness—still known as “the dark day”—a day when the light of the sun was slowly extinguished as if by an eclipse. How does the use of the word hasty affect the meaning of the first sentence of the passage?
1. It suggests that the author's message is an urgent one.
2.The author's message is one of many he will send.
3.It suggests that the author's message is an angry one.
4.The author's message is an optimistic one.