Which of the following options best describes the purpose of the following passage (paragraph 6)?
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Our best and most valued acquisitions have been obtained either from our contemporaries or fron those who have preceded us in the field of
thought and discovery. We have all either begged, borrowed or stolen. We have reaped where others have sown, and that which others have
strown, we have gathered. It must in truth be said, though it may not accord well with self-conscious individuality and self-conceit, that no
possible native force of character, and no depth of wealth and originality, can lift a man into absolute independence of his fellowmen, and no
generation of men can be independent of the preceding generation. The brotherhood and inter-dependence of mankind are guarded and
defended at all points.
A. The author wants to prove that he is an eloquent speaker.
B. The author wants to outline the argument for interdependence that his thesis of the "self-made man" will argue against.
C. The author wants to clarify any misunderstanding about his use of the term "self-made."
D. The author wants to prove that he is able to believe in competing theories of individuality and interdependence.