In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Character is destiny. Character is that on which the _________ of a nation is built. One cannot have a great nation with men of _________ character. We must have young men and women who look _________ others as the living image of themselves as our Shastras have so often declared. But whether in public life or student _________, we cannot reach great heights, if we are lacking in character. We cannot climb the mountain when the _________ at our feet is crumbling.