Which of the following passages best expresses Mark Twain's purpose in ''A Cub Pilot''?

A. He{a pilot} must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

B. Your shouldn't have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge. Try to remember that.

C. I had become a good steersman; so good, indeed, that I had all the work to do on our watch, night and day.

D. There is one faculty which a pilot must incessantly cultivate until he has brought it to absolute perfection. Nothing short of perfection will do. That faculty is memory.

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Karley Riggs

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14 October, 21:30

Which of the following passages best expresses Mark Twain's purpose in ''A Cub Pilot''?

A. He{a pilot} must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

B. Your shouldn't have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge. Try to remember that.

C. I had become a good steersman; so good, indeed, that I had all the work to do on our watch, night and day.

D. There is one faculty which a pilot must incessantly cultivate until he has brought it to absolute perfection. Nothing short of perfection will do. That faculty is memory.

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The question is asking to choose among the following choices that states the passage that express the Mark Twain's purpose in "A Cub Pilot", base on my research and further understanding, the answer would be letter C. I had become a good steersman; so good, indeed, that I had all the work to do on our watch, night and day.