Which phrase from the text best supports the theme of "humanity must act with reason, not become violent like animals"?.

"The general smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced an obstacle and surmounted it with success. “I had to invent a new animal to hunt,” he said."

The question asks us to choose a phrase from a text that supports the theme of Humanity must act with a reason and not instead become violent (like animals).

In the answer phrase, the general said that he had to invent a new animal to hunt. It indicates things, such as:

The general stops hunting (stops doing a violent act).
The general had to invent a new animal if they want to hunt. Inventing a new animal is realistically impossible, so it implies that they just want to stop hunting (doing violent act) at all.

The question above seems incomplete, but most likely the completed version is as follows:

Which phrase from the text best supports the theme of "Humanity must act with reason, not become violent like animals"?

“‘One does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in America, with such a naïve, and, if I may say so, mid-Victorian point of view.’”
“‘Civilized? And you shoot down men?’”
"The general smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced an obstacle and surmounted it with success. “I had to invent a new animal to hunt,” he said."
“Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift?"

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