More comfortable is the right answer
He claims two things: One that small minds are akin to a "shadow on the wall" and that there is no benefit in trying to please them because one never will.
Secondly, he asserts that other great men, like Luther, Socrates, Jesus, Galileo and Copernicus were also misunderstood, so being misunderstood isn't a bad thing. One should speak his mind fully and firmly and, if misunderstood, recognize that he is in great company.
I think the blank is an audience, because if your writing a PERSUASIVE essay, your trying to persuade a specific audience to agree with you on an opinion or trying to complete a certain action, so D makes the most sense, in my mind at least
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im pretty sure i've never met a "very" before but ay who knows
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