I think the answer is Upper-Class Families. Not sure though.
Read the excerpt from “To the Fringed Gentian” by William Cullen Bryant. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me, Hope,blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. This stanza reflects <span>the attitude that the spirit has greater strength than the body.</span>
Contacted would be the verb
They reveal that society can be controlled and manipulated by pure fear. They will listen to anyone and anything to try to be safe, even if there is no danger. As long as it seems like there is danger society will blindly follow in doing whatever to become safe. Like how Trump is using people's fear of muslims being terrorists.