There is likewise another great Advantage in my Scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary Abortions, and that horrid practice of Women murdering their B*stard Children, alas! too frequent among us, Sacrificing the poor innocent Babes, I doubt, more to avoid the Expence than the Shame, which would move Tears and Pity in the most Savage and inhuman breast. In this and similar statements, the writer of the proposal presents himself as a highly _ and _ man. Select all that apply. pragmatic compassionate moral patriotic

In this particular excerpt of "A Modest Proposal", the speaker displays three qualities. First, we can see he is pragmatic. He talks of the advantages of his scheme (feeding poor children to the rich), of how his plan has a practical benefit to everyone involved. Second, he shows how moral he is by condemning women who have an abortion - as we know, abortions are considered immoral by several social groups, even today. Finally, he shows an ironic "compassion" for the babies that would have been aborted. Of course, the whole Proposal is ironic, but this part is specially interesting because he wants to prevent babies from dying so that he can use them as food later on. When he says "poor innocent Babes," he is trying to sound compassionate.

NOTE: I chose three options because the question says "Select all that apply". In case only two options are supposed to fill in the blanks, I would go with pragmatic and moral.