Paragraph Completion - Frontier of Knowledge

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Complete the paragraph given below with the most appropriate option.

Thus the end of knowledge and the closing of the frontier that it symbolizes is not a looming crisis at all, but merely one of many embarrassing fits of hubris in civilization's long industry. In the end, it will pass away and be forgotten. Ours is not the first generation to struggle to understand the organizational laws of the frontier, deceive itself that it has succeeded, and go to its grave having failed. __________

  1. A.

    One would be wise to be humble.

  2. B.

    But we might be the first generation to actually reach the frontier.

  3. C.

    But we might be the first generation to deal with the crisis.

  4. D.

    However, this time the success is not illusory.

Answer

A

Explanation

The passage warns against 'hubris' and self-deception across generations. The fitting conclusion is a call to humility: 'One would be wise to be humble.'

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