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Health is the most valuable thing in human life. Life without good health is no life at all. An unhealthy man leads a miserable life. Good health is the key to success in life. The real wealth of man is his health. We must pay proper attention to it and keep ourselves fit and healthy.
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The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. Any book, which we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time, is really a good book. Every additional reading will help to understand it better. A book that a person of good education does not care to read more than once is probably not worth much.
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Life without friendship is insipid, tiring and boring. Friendship is a precious thing to be treasured by one and all. A friend in need is a friend indeed. A true friend praises our virtues but does not keep his eyes closed to our faults. He cares for us and shares with us joys as well as sorrows. We turn to our friends for counsel, for comfort, for encouragement. He is our friend, philosopher and guide. Blessed is the man or woman who is lucky to have got a true friend. Such friendship should be preserved at all costs.
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Human life consists of a succession of small events, each of which is comparatively unimportant, and yet the happiness and success of every man depend upon the manner in which these small events are dealt with. Character is built upon little things well and honourably transacted. The success of a man in business depends upon his attention to little things. The comfort of a household is the result of small things arranged and duly provided for. Good government can only be accomplished in the same way by well regulated provision for doing little things.
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Abraham Lincoln, who became the 16th president of the U.S.A. was an extraordinary man. His remarkable achievement was his astute leadership in the American civil war. He succeeded in preserving the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Largely self-educated, Lincoln became a lawyer. As president, he was responsible for many enactments of far-reaching political and social consequences. He explored the true nature of democracy and therefore, fought valiantly for the suppressed people. Conscientious and sensitive, Lincoln opposed slavery. His liberal policies, however, did not find favour with the racist people. He was unfortunately assassinated in 1865.
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In India, we are most particularly concerned about the primary necessities of life of our people. We are concerned with clothing, shelter and housing for our people with education, health and so on. Unless you have these primary necessities, it seems futile to talk about the life of the mind or the life of the spirit. You cannot talk of God to a starving man, you must give him food. One must deal with primary necessities, it is true. Nevertheless, even dealing with them one has to leave some kind of ideal or objective in view. If that ideal or objective in view somehow becomes less and less connected with growth of the human mind, then there must be something wrong.
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I do not, I repeat, enjoy seeing animals, forced to perform unnatural movements which they cannot possibly enjoy. I am prepared to believe that animals are treated by their trainers with real bindness and affection. But that is not the point. The Nazis enjoyed forcing their human victims to crawl about naked and on all fours. Ought we really to enjoy seeing animals dressed in crinolines and straining with trembling limbs to maintain an erect position? The thoughtless laughter, even of adults, which greets and encourages these performances fill one with sadness.
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Science has affected our lives in innumerable ways. It has revolutionized transport and communications and thus made the world smaller. It has also made the world a better place to live in. We have well-lighted cities with good sanitation. Science has provided all kinds of substances and machines and sources of power. 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. The scientific industry is recklessly exploiting the new materials on the earth. Science has rendered life in cities less healthy. The overcrowding in cities, the air pollution largely because of smoke and cheap food deficient in vitamins-these are all dangerous to health. Again, people in big cities are denied sunlight, fresh air and exercise. Science has to attend to all these problems.
Science has also to take up problem of social life itself. It has to work for freedom from war and various social and economic evils. Science can deal with these human affairs. There would be fewer follies, 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.
