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“His life was divided between the books, his friends, and long walks. A solitary man, he worked at all hours without much method, and probably courted his fatal illness in this way. To his own name there is not much to show; but such was his liberality that he was continually helping others, and fruits of his erudition are widely scattered, and have gone to increase many a comparative stranger’s reputation.”
(From E.V. Lucas’s “A Funeral”)
Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?
- A.
The solitary man described in the passage is dead.
- B.
Strangers helped create a grand reputation for the solitary man described in the passage.
- C.
The solitary man described in the passage found joy in scattering fruits.
- D.
The solitary man worked in a court where he fell ill.
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