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

"I am proud to (1) _________ to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance (2) _________ universal acceptance," he declared (3) _________ September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) __________ we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) _________ of all religions and all nations of the earth."