“…in a broad sense the humanities mean literature primarily, and in a still broader sense, the study of masterpieces in almost any filed of human endeavor.” Which is right if the omission is recovered in the underlined part?

A、and literature means in a still broader sense, the study of masterpieces in almost any filed of human endeavor.;
B、and in a still broader sense, literature means the study of masterpieces in almost any filed of human endeavor.;
C、and in a still broader sense, the humanities mean the study of masterpieces in almost any filed of human endeavor.;
D、and in a still broader sense, the study of masterpieces in almost any filed of human endeavor means humanities.