Read the following excerpt from british poet rudyard kipling's "the white man's burden," written in 1899. what does this excerpt suggest about how europeans viewed imperialism during this period? take up the white man's burden— in patience to abide, to veil the threat of terror and check the show of pride; by open speech and simple, an hundred times made plain to seek another's profit, and work another's gain. —rudyard kipling1 a. europeans thought that imperialism was too violent and uncivilized for modern states. b. europeans saw imperialism as a selfless activity that would foreign peoples. c. europeans felt that all non-european cultures were inferior and should be destroyed. d. europeans believed that imperialist actions should be carried out in secret.