Based on the excerpt from nathaniel hawthorne's "dr. heidegger's experiment," which sentence best describes mr. gascoigne?

(A)

Explanation:

Mr. Gascoigne's mind seemed to run on political topics, but whether relating to the past, present, or future, could not easily be determined, since the same ideas and phrases have been in vogue these fifty years. Now he rattled forth full-throated sentences about patriotism, national glory, Each of these correlate with (A) for Plato users.

answer; (external conflict)

the dictionary definition of ubiquitous is "present, appearing, or found everywhere".