Read the excerpt from william faulkner's nobel prize acceptance speech.

the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail.

according to faulkner, the poet is not just a witness to the past, but also

a historian who documents events.
a force of strength and survival.
a symbol of all of humankind.
a leader in new cultural movements.

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.