Read this sentence from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Which of the following best explains the effect of the phrase until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword? (4 points)

a
It creates a sense of honored fairness.

b
It creates a sense of sorrow and grief.

c
It suggests a feeling of suffering and pain.

d
It suggests a much-deserved justice.