Identify the Main Point or Issue in the Following Passage

question 95

Essay

Identify the main point or issue in the following passage, and decide whether the rest of the passage offers reasons for the main point (such as, whether the passage contains an argument), whether it illustrates (provides examples for) the main point, whether it explains the point, is irrelevant to the point, and so on.
"Like me, [Alexander Hamilton] usually reads history or philosophy. In private, however (if I may be allowed to traduce his memory and expose him to all the world), Hamilton was a devoted reader of women's novels, as I discovered one day at the New York Society Library when I came upon a note in his hand asking the librarian to reserve for him Edward Mortimer (by a Lady) and The Amours of Count Palviano and Eleanora. I was shocked."
-Gore Vidal, Burr

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Definitions:

Employee Benefits

Non-wage compensations provided to employees in addition to their normal salaries or wages, such as health insurance, paid vacation, and retirement plans.

Organizations

Groups of people who work together in structured and coordinated ways to achieve a set of goals or objectives.

Labour Unions

Organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests through collective bargaining with employers.

Labour-Management Relations

The interactions between employees, often represented by unions, and employers concerning workplace decisions, wages, working conditions, and disputes.