Which of these excerpts is one of the main arguments in Jack London's "The Human Drift"?

A. The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.

B. As soon as [man's] evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw.

C. And yet, despite this terrible roll of death, there are to-day alive on the planet a billion and three quarters of human beings.

D. And to this day, [man's] finest creative energy and technical skill are devoted to the same old task of making better and ever better killing weapons.

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Houston Ho

27 October, 21:24

Which of these excerpts is one of the main arguments in Jack London's "The Human Drift"?

A. The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.

B. As soon as [man's] evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw.

C. And yet, despite this terrible roll of death, there are to-day alive on the planet a billion and three quarters of human beings.

D. And to this day, [man's] finest creative energy and technical skill are devoted to the same old task of making better and ever better killing weapons.

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Matthias Pacheco · Answer 1

The correct answer of this question is option C. One of the main arguments is the excerpt "And yet, despite this terrible roll of death, there are today alive on the planet a billion and three quarters of human beings." There are many people who are dead because of calamities, plagues, and wars. However, the population of humans increases as time passes.