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Science has made the world a better place to live in. There is almost no end to the benefits that science has conferred on us. All the same, the work of science is no unmixed blessing. It has created new problems that threaten man. Science has to attend to the problems threatening man. It has to take up the problems of social life too. It has to work for freedom from war and various social and economic evils. Science can deal with these human affairs. There would be happiness and good feeling all round if we applied the scientific attitude to all our affairs. Properly using science and cultivating the scientific spirit man can control his destiny.
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Educated women can serve the country in various capacities. The education of children depends mainly upon women. They can teach as well as amuse. They can do research work in art, literature, philosophy and science. Women can also render social service whenever there is flood, famine, earthquake or some natural calamity. It is also during war that they can be of utmost utility to their nation. The defence of the country is a matter of great importance to all and women should share the burden with men. They can get training in use of guns and rifles and as drivers and pilots, and fight to defend the borders and liberty of their country.
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No one on this earth is as important as a servant or a labourer. A servant serves the entire family. He gives joy to every member of the family. So, he is a very important person in the family. Whenever we give him as wages for his service is negligible. Service is precious but we can’t weigh it in terms of money. We can’t do the job what a servant does even if we are paid hundred times of what he is paid. Labourers are the creators of food, cloth and house on this earth. Without them this world can’t move. Therefore, servants and labourers should be honoured.
We must not exploit them. Unfortunately, such thought does not exist in the minds of the people. We avail the services of servants and labourers but do never honour them. If a servant is given honour and a word of love, he would irrigate the family with his blood. If labourers are given due honour and facility, they would make this earth pleasant with their sweats.
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Discipline means to follow rules or do things in regular order. It is a very important part, of life Children should be taught to follow discipline while studying, eating or playing. Adults should also lead disciplined lives. We must always remember that with the right quality of discipline all our ventures are certain to succeed.
05. In this essay, Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, has thrown light on the main features of Indian civilization and culture. He finds Indian civilization superior to European or Western civilization though he stresses the amalgamation of what is best in western civilization with Indian civilization. To his mind, civilization is that mode of conduct which points to masses on the path of duty. It is the expression of his moral character. Indian civilization is the most ancient the most vital, the strongest and the longest surviving of all the civilizations of the world.
It professes the principle of ‘Live and let live’.”Simple living and high thinking is its motto. It promotes moral elevation, self-contentment and real happiness of man. It encourages renunciation and not accumulation. It has a belief in God unlike the western civilization that promotes the worship of the matter and rejects the existence of God. Our civilization is based on our needs and our environment. So, the blind imitation of the European civilization is suicidal.”
