Who are the “pagans” described in the last lines in the excerpt above?

The speech president kennedy's report to the american people uses logos, ethos, and pathos, which are

Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; instruct the planets in what orbs to run, correct old time, and regulate the sun; which statement is correct? antithesis is used in the first two lines. antithesis is used in the last two lines. parallelism is used in the first two lines. parallelism is used in the last two lines.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text