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Which quotation from Barchester Towers most effectively illustrates the claim? Barchester Towers is an 1857 novel by Anthony Trollope. In the novel, Trollope's portrayal of Dr. Proudie underscores the character's exaggerated sense of his own abilities: ______
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- 1'[Dr. Proudie] was certainly possessed of sufficient tact to answer the purpose for which he was required without making himsel f troublesome.'
- 2'[Dr. Proudie's] residence in the metropolis, rendered necessary by duties thus entrusted to him, his high connexions, and the peculiar ta lents and nature of the man, recommended him to persons in power.'
- 3'[Dr. Proudie] was comparatively young, and had, as he fondly flattered himself, been selected as possessing such gift s, natur al and acquired, as must be sure to recommend him to a yet higher notice.'✓
- 4'It must not...be taken as proved that Dr. Proudie was a man of great mental powers, or even of much capacity for business, for such qualities had not been required in him.'
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'[Dr. Proudie] was comparatively young, and had, as he fondly flattered himself, been selected as possessing such gift s, natur al and acquired, as must be sure to recommend him to a yet higher notice.'
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