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PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A

"And the grave is not its goal; / Dust thou art, to dust returnest" ( Lines 6-7)

B

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting, / And our hearts, though stout and brave" ( Lines 13-14)

C

"Act,— act in the living Present! / Heart within, and God o’erhead!" ( Lines 23-24)

D

"A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, / Seeing, shall take heart again." ( Lines 31-32)

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Answer:

C

"Act,— act in the living Present! / Heart within, and God o’erhead!" ( Lines 23-24)

Step-by-step explanation:

The text detail that best supports the answer to Part A is C which is "Act,— act in the living Present! / Heart within, and God o’erhead!" Taken from Lines 23-24.

The answer in quote was taken from a poem ( A Psalm of life ) which was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. An American writer who wrote the poem immediately after finishing lectures on a German writer with the name Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who also inspired the writer in writing the poem which was initially published in the year 1838.

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