from Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address
March 4, 1805
On taking this station on a former occasion, I declared the
principles on which I believed it my duty to administer the
affairs of our commonwealth. My conscience tells me that I
have, on every occasion, acted up to that declaration, according
to its obvious import, and to the understanding of every candid
mind.
In the transaction of your foreign affairs, we have
endeavored to cultivate the friendship of all nations, and
especially of those with which we have the most important
relations. We have done them justice on all occasions, favored
where favor was lawful, and cherished mutual interests and
intercourse on fair and equal terms. We are firmly convinced,
and we act on that conviction, that with nations, as with
individuals, our interests soundly calculated, will ever be found
Inseparable from our moral duties...

Select the correct answer.
What is the tone of the speech?
OA.
hopeful
OB.
serious
OC.
melodramatic
OD.
bitter