Which of Dante's personal values is most directly demonstrated by the Inferno's setting?

A. He believes that non-Christians, even virtuous ones, can never
reach heaven.
B. He sees the poet Virgil as his guide and mentor, and greatly
admires him.
C. He thinks that all sinners must pass through hell before they can
reach heaven
D. He is not as brave in the face of evil as his role models, such as
Virgil.

the answer is a . the absence of love

the third paragraph is your answer,

"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "