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PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A.
“The ten months that have passed have seen very terrible catastrophic events in the world — ups and downs, misfortunes” ( Paragraph 1)
B.
“But we must learn to be equally good at what is short and sharp and what is long and tough.” ( Paragraph 2)
C.
“Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are; yet without imagination not much can be done.” ( Paragraph 4)
D.
“we now find ourselves in a position where I say that we can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer.” ( Paragraph 5)