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In Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," what did the "Old Masters" understand about human nature?

A. Humans are capable of both miraculous and dreadful acts.

B. Humans are always ready to help when someone needs assistance.

C. Humans have a large capacity for love and understanding.

D. Humans often allow suffering to go unheeded or ignored.

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Correct answer is D. Humans often allow suffering to go unheeded or ignored.
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The correct answer is D. Humans often allow suffering to go unheeded or ignored. "Musée des Beaux Arts" (French for "Museum of Fine Arts") is a poem written by W. H. Auden. Auden observes that the ‘Old Masters’, understood the nature of suffering and its ‘human position’: it means that no matter the intensity or momentousness of the experience to the person undergoing it, there were people in the surrounding vicinity who were indifferent to, or even ignorant of, what was taking place.

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