1. In this selection, the author

A. appears to regret that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.

B. appears to applaud the specialization of labor.

C. ridicules man, his society, and his world.

D. is happy because workers have been released from drudgery.

E. states that mechanics now do what man used to do.

Incomplete question. I inferred the attached image to be the selected article.

A. appears to regret that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.

Explanation:

Indeed, the author's use of expressions shows that he regrets that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.  For example, he wrote, "The fable implies that the individual, to posses himself must sometimes return from his own labor to embrace all the other laborers".

After stating the various jobs of man he concluded, "The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft."

ethos, logos, and pathos.