Which of the following, if placed after sentence 13, would be the most effective concluding sentence for the last paragraph?

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[1] The girl, educated to earn her living in the market of the world, no longer marries simply because no other career is open to her. [2] When she does marry, she is less likely than formerly, statistics tell us, to have children-the only remaining work which, in these days, definitely requires a home. [3] Girls are willing to undertake matrimony, but often with the distinct understanding that their "careers" are not to be interfered with. [4] To them, then, marriage becomes more and more an incident in life rather than a life work. [5] For the good of coming generations the true home spirit must be saved; this is a belief, we shall do well to admit at once that the old-time home was an institution suited to its own day, but that we cannot now call it back to being. [6] Nor would we wish to do so. [7] There is no possible reason for wishing our women to spin, weave, knit, bake, brew, preserve, clean, if the products she formerly made can be produced more cheaply and more efficiently outside the home. [8] But generalizing too soon in this regard about these industries, this is dangerous. [9] At least, the factory method has not yet brought really satisfactory results, there are doubts in this directions. [10] How many women can give you reasons why they believe that it no longer "pays" to do this or that at home as they once did and do the factories always turn out as good a product as the housekeeper? [11] If they do, does the housekeeper obtain that product with as little expenditure as when she made it? [12] If she spends more, can she show that the leisure she has thus bought has been a wise purchase? [13] Is she justified in accepting vague generalizations to the effect that it is better economy to buy than to make, or should she test for herself, checking up her individual conditions and results?

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Which of the following, if placed after sentence 13, would be the most effective concluding sentence for the last paragraph?

Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

[1] The girl, educated to earn her living in the market of the world, no longer marries simply because no other career is open to her. [2] When she does marry, she is less likely than formerly, statistics tell us, to have children-the only remaining work which, in these days, definitely requires a home. [3] Girls are willing to undertake matrimony, but often with the distinct understanding that their "careers" are not to be interfered with. [4] To them, then, marriage becomes more and more an incident in life rather than a life work. [5] For the good of coming generations the true home spirit must be saved; this is a belief, we shall do well to admit at once that the old-time home was an institution suited to its own day, but that we cannot now call it back to being. [6] Nor would we wish to do so. [7] There is no possible reason for wishing our women to spin, weave, knit, bake, brew, preserve, clean, if the products she formerly made can be produced more cheaply and more efficiently outside the home. [8] But generalizing too soon in this regard about these industries, this is dangerous. [9] At least, the factory method has not yet brought really satisfactory results, there are doubts in this directions. [10] How many women can give you reasons why they believe that it no longer "pays" to do this or that at home as they once did and do the factories always turn out as good a product as the housekeeper? [11] If they do, does the housekeeper obtain that product with as little expenditure as when she made it? [12] If she spends more, can she show that the leisure she has thus bought has been a wise purchase? [13] Is she justified in accepting vague generalizations to the effect that it is better economy to buy than to make, or should she test for herself, checking up her individual conditions and results?

Spinning, weaving, and knitting are doubtless best left in the hands of the factory worker.
From earliest ages woman has been the homemaker. No plan for the preservation of the home or for its evolution into a satisfactory social factor can fail to recognize her vital and necessary connection with home.
Under present conditions, buying readymade garments that are needed for a family may be an expensive and unsatisfactory method.

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The fact is that the pendulum has swung away from the homemade article, and most of us have not taken the trouble to investigate whether we are benefited or harmed.

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