Dear Mr. President,

…You are engaged on a double task, Recovery and Reform;--recovery from the slump and the passage of those business and social reforms which are long overdue. For the first, speed and quick results are essential. The second may be urgent too; but haste will be injurious, and wisdom of long-range purpose is more necessary than immediate achievement. It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range Recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range Reform. On the other hand, even wise and necessary Reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate Recovery. For it will upset the confidence of the business world and weaken their existing motives to action, before you have had time to put other motives in their place. It may over-task your bureaucratic machine, which the traditional individualism of the United States and the old "spoils system" have left none too strong. And it will confuse the thought and aim of yourself and your administration by giving you too much to think about all at once….

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Based on the context of the passage, what does the word "impede" mean?
A) to make more expensive and costly
B) to pass a job onto someone else to do
C) to stop or prevent something from happening
D) to help something to get done or accomplished
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Based on the context of the passage, what does the word "prestige" mean?
A) scorn or dislike of someone or something
B) the quality of drawing amusement and satire
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C) the measurement of a political party's influence
D) respect or admiration toward someone or something
31)
Based on the context of the passage, what does the word "injurious" mean?
A) ridiculous and comically absurd
B) helpful and beneficial to others
C) beautiful and attractive to the eye
D) causing harm and having negative effects
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The passage is about the letter written to President Franklin Roosevelt by John Maynard Keynes. Roosevelt was trying to make economic reforms to bring the country out of the Great recession.

Keynes tried to explain President Roosevelt him opinion on his reforms and where he might be going wrong. He said that reform may somewhere stop or impede recovery. Quick results are necessary according to him but may not cause harm in turn (i.e. become injurious). He does call his administration having high prestige or respect. But, he asks him to regulate wages before he imposes the reformed policies.