Select the sentence that has the correctly formatted parenthetical citation for a paraphrase of the excerpt by Baron de Montesquieu's book The Spirit of Laws
VIRTUE in a republic is a most simple thing; it is a love of the republic; it is a sensation, and not a consequence of acquired knowledge; a sensation that may be felt
by the meanest as well as by the highest person in the state. When the common people adopt good maxims, they adhere to them steadier than those we call
gentlemen. It is very rare that corruption commences with the former: nay, they frequently derive from their imperfect light a stronger attachment to the established
laws and customs.
A. Baron de Montesquieu explained that those citizens who love and respect the republic will have a stronger attachment to the laws of the land than those
who are in the upper classes (de Montesquieu 276).
B. Those citizens who love and respect the republic will have a stronger attachment to the laws of the land than those who are in the upper classes (de
Montesquieu).
C. Those citizens who love and respect the republic will have a stronger attachment to the laws of the land than those who are in the upper classes (276).
D. Those citizens who love and respect the republic will have a stronger attachment to the laws of the land than those who are in the upper classes (de
Montesquieu 276).