C. Statistics, since the other choices don’t give out any logic and statistics have facts that can give logic.
C.<span> The commission works to ensure that its efforts in each of these areas benefit all Illinois residents, especially children and youth</span>
The answer is C: <span>his contempt for money and gold
The passage shows that while, at one point, the banker truly loved money and believed it to be/provide paradise, now he sees it with "contempt" and he "despises" it. In fact, he hates it so much that he will "deprive [him]self of [his] right to them.</span>
She served sandwiches to the children in their plates
