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*Poems* is an 1895 collection of poetry by Frances E.W. Harper. In one of Harper's poems, the speaker criticizes activists who champion humanitarian causes in other countries while overlooking local concerns, saying ________
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Which quotation from Poems most effectively illustrates the claim?
"God bless our native land,
Her homes and children bless,
Oh may she ever stand
For truth and righteousness." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
Her homes and children bless,
Oh may she ever stand
For truth and righteousness." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
A
"Men may tread down the poor and lowly
May crush them in anger and hate
But surely the mills of God's justice
Will grind out the grist of their fate." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
May crush them in anger and hate
But surely the mills of God's justice
Will grind out the grist of their fate." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
B
"Say not the age is hard and cold—
I think it brave and grand
When men of diverse sects and creeds
Are clasping hand in hand." (from "The Present Age")
I think it brave and grand
When men of diverse sects and creeds
Are clasping hand in hand." (from "The Present Age")
C
"When ye plead for the wrecked and fallen,
The exile from far-distant shores,
Remember that men are still wasting
Life's crimson around your own doors." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
The exile from far-distant shores,
Remember that men are still wasting
Life's crimson around your own doors." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
D