"the labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind."
which of the following options can be described as a paraphrase this quote?

a. the efforts of intelligent men, however misdirected, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.
b. the efforts of "men of genius," even when not well directed, hardly ever fail in eventually turning to the "solid advantage of
humanity.
c. he said that the efforts of genius, no matter how ill-focused at present will benefit the human race in the end.

not sure but i think it’s the snug nest

connections  to the  book night by elie wiesel.   elie wiesel  is a holocaust survivor. as a young, jewish boy he was taken from his home with his family by the nazis. he was taken because he is jewish.

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.