Adapted from Warren G. Harding, Inaugural Address 1 We would not have an America living within and for herself alone. However, we would have her self-reliant, independent, and ever nobler, stronger, and richer. Believing in our higher standards, reared through constitutional liberty and maintained opportunity, we invite the world to the same heights. But pride in things wrought is no reflex of a completed task. Common welfare is the goal of our national endeavor. Wealth is not inimical1 to welfare; it ought to be its friendliest agency. There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty. We ought to find a way to guard against the perils and penalties of unemployment. We want an America of homes, illumined with hope and happiness, where mothers, freed from the necessity for long hours of toil beyond their own doors, may preside as befits the hearthstone of American citizenship. We want the cradle of American childhood rocked under conditions so wholesome and so hopeful that no blight may touch it in its development. We want to provide that no selfish interest, no material necessity, no lack of opportunity shall prevent the gaining of that education so essential to best citizenship.
1. inimical - harmful

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Select the correct answer.
How does Harding express his message for achieving common welfare?

A.
by stating that America should be free of unemployment and that all Americans should have a happy and peaceful life
B.
by stating that other countries should adopt the standards that America has
C.
by stating that people should use every good opportunity for the welfare of other American citizens
D.
by stating that American citizens should be proud of all the opportunities the country provides to them for their growth