Read the following excerpt from Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History":
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and for evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom-these are traits of the frontier, or traits called out elsewhere because of the existence of the frontier.
Which of the following best describes Turner's attitude toward people on the frontier?
A.
Disdainful
B.
Admiring
C.
Questioning
D.
Ambivalent