Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Pure imagination," said Rainsford. "One superstitious sailor can taint the whole ship's company with his fear."

Rainsford calls the sailors’ fear “pure imagination” and says superstition can spread from one sailor to the rest of the crew. This shows he relies on reason and is not persuaded by their superstitious beliefs, so the best choice is “He is a rational man who is unaffected by superstition.”

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