The passage provides support for which one of the following statements about the quotations in the highlighted sentence? A. They are an example of a way in which King's ideas differed from Thoreau's but were similar to the ideas of other transcendentalists. B. They provide evidence that proves that King's philosophy was affected by transcendentalist thought. C. They suggest that King, like the transcendentalists, judged human laws by ethical standards. D. They suggest a theoretical basis for King's philosophy of government. E. They provide a paraphrase of Thoreau's position on just and unjust laws.