I think the narrator believes that the men he is talking about lacked vision to anticipate future problems and courageously deal with the consequences ie they did not actively or proactively deal with life but on the contrary allowed themselves to be victims of circumstance. Re the word "I" I think he means that they did not realize the power they had to change the course of events.
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Answer -an outsider is one who is not part of a community, like someone from out of town. an outcast is someone that has been excluded or rejected from a community.
The missing word is <u>Idle. </u>(Option B). That is, The High Line became Idle. This can be inferred form the third to the last sentence.
<h3>What is an inference?</h3>
An inference is a conclusion that is reached based on the facts that the reader analyses from the text.
An inference must follow a rational process and must be logical.
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