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<u>Answer:</u>
<u>A. appears to regret that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.
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<u>Explanation:</u>
Indeed, the author's use of expressions shows that he regrets that men see themselves in terms of their jobs. For example, he wrote, <em>"</em><em>The fable implies that the individual, to posses himself </em><em>must sometimes return from his own labor to embrace all the other laborers". </em>
After stating the various jobs of man he concluded, <em>"The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft."</em>