Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.

We feel ________ of the retribution due to evil facts because the criminal adheres to his vice and ________ and does not come to a crisis or judgment anywhere in visible nature.

The second blank must be replaced by the blank that is in tandem with vice (an evil or wicked action; habit or characteristic). All the options for the second blank depict negative meanings, but the most appropriate would be 'contumacy' (stubborn refusal to submit to authority, especially that of a law court; disobedience), which is coherent with phrases 'evil facts', 'criminal', 'vice' and 'judgments' in the sentence. Moreover, 'defrauded' replacing the first blank gives a cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.