I have reckoned upon a medium that a child just born will
weigh 12 pounds, and in a solar year, if tolerably nursed,
will increase to 28 pounds
grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very
proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured
most of the parents seem to have the best title to the
children
Based on this excerpt what is most likely the opinion of the author (but not
the narrator)?

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.