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2.

Charlie Chaplin once said, “In this age of scientific inventions, we


think too much, we feel too little.” Science boosts up the modern craze
for material prosperity. It has revolutionized our lives. It has made life
more comfortable with various amenities. It is undoubtedly the driving
force behind any human excellence. But it kills the soul of a man. Our
skills and habits are changed by science. Excessive mechanization brings
unhappiness because human faculties are slighted. A person starts
believing that machines will do all for him, and this tendency becomes
fatal in this high-tech world. But none can doubt that science has helped
us to discover the hidden truth in nature. Can we imagine the modern
age without computers, lasers, antibiotics, biotechnology or different
electronic gadgets? That is why it is said that science gives knowledge
and power but not wisdom. H.S 2019, (145 words)

3. General Washington, President of the United States of America, had a


friend who had fought with him in the war against British and was
almost his daily companion. A lucrative office, in the gift of the
President, chancing to fall vacant, many thought that this gentleman
would have no difficulty in obtaining it. Another candidate for the post
appeared. He was a political opponent of Washington, but a man of
decided honesty, and of great talents for business. Everyone considered
the case of the second man hopeless. But to the surprise of all, the
opponent of Washington was appointed to the office.

4. A poor woman once came to Buddha to ask whether he could give her
any medicine to restore her dead child to life. The holy man told her
that there was only one medicine to bring her son back to life. He bade
her bring him a handful of mustard seeds from a house where death had
never entered. The sorrowing mother went from door to door seeking
the mustard seeds but at every door she met with sad replies. One said,
“I have lost my husband.” another said, “Our child died last year.” She
returned to the teacher and told him the result of her request. Then
Buddha told her tenderly not to think much of her own grief, since
sorrow and death are common to all.

5. One day an English gentleman named Rowland Hill saw a postman take
a letter up to the gate of a house. A young girl came out to receive it.
The price of the postage was one shilling. But she had no money to pay
for the letter. The postman put it back in his bag and turned away.
Rowland Hill paid the shilling and the postman handed the letter to the
girl. It was her dear brother’s letter. This made Hill think how letters
could be sent at less cost so that the poor and the rich alike might hear
more from their friends and relatives. He at last made a plan and with
the help of government, soon started cheap postage. We should thank
Rowland Hill for doing us a great service. (135 words)

6. Rip Van Winkle was a simple but very lazy fellow. When his wife took
him to task for this, he used to walk out with his gun and his dog for
company. One day he met a group of strange-looking fellows in a place.
He drank with them and soon fell asleep. When he woke up, there was
no sign of the strange people nor of the dog. Suddenly he felt something
strange on his face. To his surprise, he found that he had a long white
beard. He found his gun lying on the grass, rusty and useless. His clothes
were all rags; and his legs were so cold and stiff that he could hardly
walk.

7. Once upon a time, a nobleman built a grand house. On the front of the
gate he wrote the words, “This house is to be given to the first man who
can prove that he is contented”. One day a stranger knocked at the gate
and desired to speak to the nobleman. “I am come,” he said, “to take
possession of his house because I can prove that I am contented.” The
nobleman said in reply, “But there is certainly no trace of that quality in
you. If you are contented, you would not wish to get possession of my
house.” Saying this, he turned the man out.

8. One day Maharshi Devendranath Tagore came to a bare piece of land


in course of his travels. Only two big trees grew upon it. He liked the
place very much because it was so large and so far away from a city. He
felt that it would be a very good place in which one could think about
God. It is said that he sat down in the shade of one of the trees and let
his thoughts go to god and good works. He at once made up his mind to
buy the land and build an ashram there. He bought it and called the
house santiniketan. He planted trees and flower gardens and fruit
gardens.

9. A man in the east where they do not require as much clothing as in


colder climate, give up all worldly concerns and retired to a wood. Dear
he built a hut and lived in it. His only clothing was a piece of cloth
which he put on round is waist. But as ill luck would have it, rats were
plentiful in the wood; so he had to keep a cat. The cat required milk; so
a cow had to be kept. The cow required tending; so a cow boy was
employed. The cowboy required a house to live in; so a house was built
for him. To look after the house, a maid had to be engaged. To provide
company for the maid a few more houses had to be built and people
were invited to live therein. In this way a little township sprang up.

10. The progress of a nation is not an easy matter. It depends upon the
selfless work and noble sacrifice of a band of worthy sons of the soil.
They work without rest and often without praise. While most of the
people are busy with their own gain and comfort, these few persons live
and die to make the life of their fellowmen richer and happier. They do
not care for the dangers and difficulties that they meet on the way. Most
of them may die, unknown and unseen; yet the rest will advance with
their noble work in the teeth of all adverse circumstances. (105 words)

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