Which of these sentences from "Last Words of Great Men" best demonstrates the author's purpose in writing the essay?
O A. "The artist finds it impossible to make a picture of people's last
words."
B. "There is hardly a case on record where a man came to his last
moment unprepared and said a good thing hardly a case where a
man trusted to that last moment and did not make a solemn botch
of it and go out of the world feeling absurd."
C. "A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words
as he is about his last breath."
D. "What a sad thing it is to see a man close a grand career with a
plagiarism in his mouth."