S1: I never took payment for speaking. P: The Sunday Society would then assure me that on these terms I might lecture on anything I liked and how I liked. Q: It often happened that provincial Sunday societies offered me the usual ten genuine fee to give the usual sort of lecture, avoiding controversial politics and religion. R: Occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit and credit entry, that is, I was credited with the usual fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the society. S: I always replied that I never lectured on anything but very controversial politics and religion and that my fee was the price of my railway ticket third class if the place was farther off than I could afford to go at my own expense. S6: In this way I secured perfect freedom of speech, and was warmed against the accusation of being a professional agitator. The Proper sequence should be: A. QSPR B. QSRP C. SQPR D. SQRP

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The correct answer is: C. SQPR

The following is a brief explanation of each option:

• Option A: QSPR
  In this option, the first sentence (Q) is followed by the second sentence (P), the third sentence (R), and the fourth sentence (S). However, the fourth sentence (S) is the most important sentence in the passage, as it explains the main point of the passage, which is that the author never took payment for speaking. Therefore, this option cannot be the correct answer.
• Option B: QSRP
  In this option, the first sentence (Q) is followed by the second sentence (R), the third sentence (S), and the fourth sentence (P). However, the fourth sentence (P) is not relevant to the main point of the passage, as it simply states that the Sunday Society would assure the author that he could lecture on anything he liked. Therefore, this option cannot be the correct answer.
• Option C: SQPR
  In this option, the first sentence (S) is followed by the second sentence (Q), the third sentence (P), and the fourth sentence (R). This option is the correct answer, as it follows the chronological order of the events in the passage. The first sentence (S) states that the author never took payment for speaking. The second sentence (Q) states that provincial Sunday societies often offered the author the usual ten genuine fee to give the usual sort of lecture, avoiding controversial politics and religion. The third sentence (P) states that the author always replied that he never lectured on anything but very controversial politics and religion and that his fee was the price of his railway ticket third class if the place was farther off than he could afford to go at his own expense. The fourth sentence (R) states that occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit and credit entry, that is, the author was credited with the usual fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the society.
• Option D: SQRP
  In this option, the first sentence (S) is followed by the second sentence (Q), the fourth sentence (R), and the third sentence (P). However, the fourth sentence (R) is not relevant to the main point of the passage, as it simply states that occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit and credit entry, that is, the author was credited with the usual fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the society. Therefore, this option cannot be the correct answer.