Amultitude of causes unknown to former times . . blunt the discriminating powers of the mind. . the most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities . . producing a craving for extraordinary incident . . (preface to lyrical ballads)

which statement best describes wordsworth’s point behind these words? poems of common life give readers some relief from the pressures of modern industrial life.
only poems well known and absorbed from former times counteract violent times.
poems should encourage new ways of thinking and using the intellect to solve current problems.
classic poems strengthen habits of the mind to become enlightened.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

the answer is c. he is an efficient leader who prompts his crew to work quickly .

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