Which word could best replace either the underlined sentence or word in the paragraph?

“every dog has its day! ” it comes to those who are committed to their goals and never give up trying to achieve them. if you work hard and focus on what you want, eventually you will experience triumph. it’s only a matter of time before good things happen. that’s the advice my father gave to me, and i’m a firm believer in it.

a.
perfection

b.
knowledge

c.
success

d.
persistence

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced