In this passage, the author assumes that doing one's duty to one's country

heightens one's sensibility

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exonerates a person of his act of killing

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makes one kind-hearted

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makes one desist from doing anything unscrupulous

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The correct option is B exonerates a person of his act of killing
The answer can be derived from the lines: Most of them are kind-hearted law-abiding men who would never dream of committing murder in private life. But if one of them succeeds in blowing me to pieces, he will still be able to sleep without any degree of compunction. The answer becomes very evident from these lines.

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