In which of the following lines does the connotative language best support addams’s thesis that lincoln was an epitome of all that was great and good?

a "the martyred president as the standard bearer to the conscience of his countrymen"
b "i always tend to associate lincoln with the tenderest thoughts of my father."
c "my childish admiration for lincoln is closely associated with a visit made to the war eagle, old abe."
d "there was something in the admiration of lincoln’s contemporaries,… which was quite unlike even the best of the devotion…which has developed since."