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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 suggest that many memoirs of renowned people aren't particularly straightforward or candid, writing, _ ____
Which quotation from Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge most effectively illustrates the claim?
"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 receive the pure lignt of Truth, or the mind appreciate real excellence, or intrinsic worth."
A
"It should not be considered essential to the interest and value of biography, that its subject be of exalted rank, or illustrious name."
B
"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."
C
"Blessed are the slumbers of the innocent! They are kindlier than balm, and they refresh and gladden the spirit of childhood, like ministerings from a better world."
D