Question

Read this line from the text:
Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic…

What idea does the word beasts suggest in this text?

The curiosity humans have for the inhabitants of Mars
The relationship the inhabitants of Mars will have with humans
The strength of the urge to survive at all costs
The superiority of humans toward other inhabitants of Earth

Answer 1

D.