Which excerpt from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

"He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances."
"He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances."

"Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front."
"Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front."

"Once, coming around a bend, he shied abruptly, like a startled horse, curved away from the place where he had been walking, and retreated several paces back along the trail."
"Once, coming around a bend, he shied abruptly, like a startled horse, curved away from the place where he had been walking, and retreated several paces back along the trail."

"That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time!"

"That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time!"