Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes, the voluntary blindness and deafness of deliberate solitude, the
artificial impotence of asceticism.

In this sentence, voluntary means:
A. dangerous
B. mournful
C. timely
D. willful

What is the significance of the protein-lined pits? a. protein attracts other proteins needed for atp synthesis within the cell. b. protein-lined pits are able to transport one molecule at a time down the concentration gradient within the cell. c. the polarity of proteins allows other polar molecules to attach and be transported in the cell by transport channels. d. receptors within the pits allow ligands to fuse and be transported into the cell by endocytosis.