Directions: In the following question, some statements have been provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. The most perfect character is supposed to lie between those extremes; retaining an equal ability and taste for books, company and business. B. In order to diffuse and cultivate so accomplished a character, nothing can be more useful than compositions of the easy style and manner which draw not too much from life, require no deep application or retreat to be comprehended and send back the student among mankind full of noble sentiments and wise precepts, applicable to every exigency of human life. C. It preserves in conversation that discernment and delicacy, which arise from polite letters; and in business, that probity and accuracy which are the natural result of a just philosophy. D. By means of such compositions, virtue becomes amiable, science agreeable, company instructive and retirement entertaining.