Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and what's more, he would cite this saying too: if gold can rust, then what will iron do? based on its use in this context, the word gold in this sentence about the parson most likely represents a.)the clergy b.)the military c.) the nobility d.)the royalty

The answer is: A.) the clergy

This quotation can be found in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, it is refer to the clergy, the word gold is use to represent the purity or a higher standard than the ordinary and if it can be defeated or rust what can be expected to happened with the iron that is lower quality of metal.

dr. kings dream speech

explanation:

it was late in the day and hot, and after a long march and an afternoon of speeches about federal legislation, unemployment and racial and social justice, the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. finally stepped to the lectern, in front of the lincoln memorial, to address the crowd of 250,000 gathered on the national mall.