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Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge is an 1838 historical account by Elleanor Eldridge and Frances Harriet Whipple Green. In the book, the authors assert that people don't need to be famous to be worthy of memoirs, writing,
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Which quotation from Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Then let no one turn with too much [fondness] from the simple story of the humble Elleanor, though it may contain few, or none, of the thrilling charms of poetry and passion."
A
"There is often a kind of [deceptive] light, playing around such [famous] names, calculated to dazzle and mislead, by their false lustre, until the eye can no longer perceive the pure light of Truth, or the mind appreciate real excellence, or intrinsic worth."
B
"It should not be considered essential to the interest and value of biography, that its subject be of exalted rank, or illustrious name."
C
"How careful ought we to be to speak nothing but the truth, even in regard to the most trifling circumstances; and not only so, but to be well assured that what we suppose to be true, is truth, before we receive it as such."
D