Read this line from The War of the Worlds:
"It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days…"

What does this line from the text suggest about people?

A. Many people have changed the way they think about history. 
B. Many things have changed in the thinking of the people of Earth. 
C. People of Earth have many strange and unchanging beliefs. 
D. People of the current time think more clearly than others.