To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and -givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. what is the effect of the word swelling in douglass's phrase, swelling vanity? a) it has no effect whatsoever. b) it makes america's vanity seem bloated, pompous, and filled with an overweening pride. c) it makes for a very humorous image that adds to the comedy of douglass's entire speech. d) it praises america for being rightfully proud of itself on this important day of celebration.