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Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold

Line 2: A rainbow in the sky

Line 3: so was it when my life began

Line 4: so is it now

Line 5: so is it when I have grown

Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The object of the extract is____?

  • A childishness
  • B the unchanging cycle of nature
  • C the adverse effect of old age
  • D human being
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The correct answer is A. childishness

The object of the extract is childishness, Childhood teaches people the simple lessons they should carry with them for the rest of their lives. Childishness is when you want to feel a childlike sense of wonder upon seeing the natural world every day of one's life.

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