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I don't think one should withhold simply because the subject of the pity is happy. The pity is in the human striving against its own nature, against its own conscience... it's that he was -that man is trying to do the best he can with his desires and impulses against his own moral conscience.

What does the part in block letters mean?
a-Alongside his desires and impulses, man is trying to do the best against his own moral conscience. He tries to fight his best against his conscience.

b-Man is trying to deal in the best possible way with those desires and impulses of his which are against his own moral conscience

c-man -with is desires and impulses against his own moral conscience- is trying to do his best
given that he has said the pity is in the human striving against its own consience, I think the answer is 'a'. He is fighting the best he can -with his amoral desires and impulses- against his own conscience.