GRE Text Completion Question 369
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The language Pocock has most closely investigated is that of “civic humanism.” For much of his career he has argued that eighteenth-century English political thought should be interpreted as a (i)_____between rival versions of the “virtue” central to civic humanism. On the one hand, he argues, this virtue is described by representatives of the Tory opposition using a vocabulary of public spiritand (ii)_____. For these writers the societal ideal is the small, independent landowner in the countryside. On the other hand, Whig writers describe such virtue using a vocabulary of commerce and economic progress; for them the ideal is the (iii)_____.
| Blank(i) | Blank(ii) | Blank(iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A conflict | D self-sufficiency | G merchant |
| B harmony | E divine-devotion | H astronaut |
| C correlation | F social-participation | I intellectual |