What is the purpose of the underlined part of the sentence?

your answer is b. tense. hope this .

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,

so you want me to do this crossword i’m good with crossword puzzles just don’t got the time yo, maybe later this week

b flags hope this