Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statements 6. The statements are jumbled up and from a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
1. Self respect, carried into daily life, will be found at the root of all virtues - cleanliness, sobriety, chastity, morality and religion.
A. Borne up by this high idea, he will not defile his body by sensuality, or his mind by servile thoughts.
B. Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man may clothe himself - the elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
C. To think meanly of oneself is to sink in one's own estimation as well as in the estimation of others.
D. One of Pythagoras's wisest maxims, in his golden verses, is that in which he enjoins the pupil to reverence himself.
6. The very humblest may be sustained by the proper indulgence of this feeling and poverty itself may be lifted and lighted up by self respect.
1. Self respect, carried into daily life, will be found at the root of all virtues - cleanliness, sobriety, chastity, morality and religion.
A. Borne up by this high idea, he will not defile his body by sensuality, or his mind by servile thoughts.
B. Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man may clothe himself - the elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
C. To think meanly of oneself is to sink in one's own estimation as well as in the estimation of others.
D. One of Pythagoras's wisest maxims, in his golden verses, is that in which he enjoins the pupil to reverence himself.
6. The very humblest may be sustained by the proper indulgence of this feeling and poverty itself may be lifted and lighted up by self respect.
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