Which of these terms best describes the
person who spoke the words in this
passage?
optimistic
melancholy
ardent
enthusiastic
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This passage is from The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
"Yes, it IS good enough for me; it's as
good as I deserve; for who fetched me
so low when I was so high? I did
myself. I don't blame YOU, gentlemen -
far from it; I don't blame anybody I
deserve it all. Let the cold world do its
worst; one thing I know - there's a
grave somewhere for me. The world
may go on just as it's always done, and
take everything from me -- loved ones,
property, everything; but it can't take
that. Some day I'll lie down in it and
for-get it all, and my poor broken heart
will be at rest."