Question

Appeal to Reason (magazine)

by Eugene V. Debs, 1904

The railroad corporations are notorious for their brazen defiance of every law that is designed to curb their powers or restrain their rapacity.

The railroad corporations have their lobby at Washington and at every state capital; they bribe legislators, corrupt courts, debauch politics, and commit countless other legal and moral crimes against the commonwealth.

The railway employees are a body of honest, useful, self-sacrificing, peace-loving men, who never have and never will be guilty of the crimes committed by their corporate masters.

And yet President Cleveland serves the corporate masters and exalts and glorifies the act while he attempts to absolve the criminals and fasten the insufferable stigma upon honest men.
Which words convey Debs's disdain for railway corporations?

A) moral and self-sacrificing
B) honest and useful
C) exalts and glorifies
D) rapacity and debauch

Answer 1

D) rapacity and debauch

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Answer 2

D). Rapacity and debauch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Word-choice always play a vital role in conveying the intended message effectively to the audience and elicit desired response and feelings from them. It makes the idea more clear and meaningful.

In the given passage, the words 'rapacity and debauch' conveys the author's contempt towards railway corporations. These words reflect that how does the author adopt a critiquing tone by reflecting how they defy law to curtail their 'greed and avarice'(rapacity) through 'morally corrupt'(debauch) politics and 'crimes' for which they are never found guilty. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.