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The author of the passage is deeply concerned by the state of affairs and he adopts an indirect manner to express his dissatisfaction in the given case. The answer that best reflects the given situation is option (a).

The answer can be derived from the lines: Most of them are kind-hearted law-abiding men who would never dream of committing murder in private life. But if one of them succeeds in blowing me to pieces, he will still be able to sleep without any degree of compunction. The answer becomes very evident from these lines.

As understood by the passage, the job is assigned to them and they have to do it.

The answer to this question can be indirectly found in the concluding lines of the passage: But if one of them succeeds in blowing me to pieces, he will still be able to sleep without any degree of compunction. Compunction means ‘a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)’.

The line which helps us to find the answer is ‘As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.’ Remember, these people are flying planes over this person and this indirectly refers to the advance of civilisation.