Statement I: The lines lamenting an age with 'no God', no heroes and no visible temples are by Thomas Carlyle. Statement II: The lines on men who work without pleasure and seek wealth as their only pleasure are by John Ruskin.

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
4. DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

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Correct answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Carlyle (On Heroes, Past and Present) laments a godless, heroless age; Ruskin's 'The Nature of Gothic' (The Stones of Venice) and Unto This Last condemn joyless labour and Mammon-worship.