Read this excerpt from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
Akela raised his old head wearily: –
"Free People, and ye too, jackals of Shere Khan, for twelve seasons I have led ye to and from the kill, and in all that time not one has been trapped or maimed. Now I have missed my kill. Ye know how that plot was made. Ye know how ye brought me up to an untried buck to make my weakness known. It was cleverly done. Your right is to kill me here on the Council Rock now. Therefore I ask, 'Who comes to make an end of the Lone Wolf?' For it is my right, by the Law of the Jungle, that ye come one by one."
Which line from "If" shares a similar theme?
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
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"Free People, and ye too, jackals of Shere Khan, for twelve seasons I have led ye to and from the kill, and in all that time not one has been trapped or maimed. Now I have missed my kill. Ye know how that plot was made.
As per the excerpt given from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the line from "If" which shares a similar theme to the extract is (B) If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
This is because, Option B captures the very essence of the extract given from The Jungle Book. Upon realising his weakness for the "untried buck", that was used as bait to lure him in by Shere Khan's jackals, Akela accepts his mistake and resigns himself to his unfortunate fate. Similarly, Option B conveys that while one can have firm believe in one's self when the rest doubt him or her, it is also upon the individual to criticise himself for his actions. In the case of Akela, therefore, Akela does not spare himself at all. He resigns to the jackals and in turn the Law of the Jungle for the mistake he made.
Ans) (B) If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,