(05.04 MC) Read the following excerpt carefully before you c…
(05.04 MC) Read the following excerpt carefully before you choose your answer. This excerpt is taken from a letter written by a father to his son. “I do not, therefore, so much as hint to you how absolutely dependent you are upon me; that you neither have nor can have a shilling in the world but from me; and that, as I have no womanish weakness for your person, your merit must and will be the only measure of my kindness.” This line is ironic because the writer