The "fool" who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh "as dangerous" as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is "nothing more distressing" to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the "allegation" of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter.

Based on the words in "", the overall tone of the selected lines is one of

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The "fool" who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh "as dangerous" as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is "nothing more distressing" to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the "allegation" of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter.

Based on the words in "", the overall tone of the selected lines is one of

anonymous · Answer

A. agreement
B. pleading
C. criticism
D. disinterest

anonymous · Answer

Would it be criticism?

anonymous · Answer

I should learn to just go with my gut, that was the answer.