Passages with Solved Precis Democracy means Equality; but what does Equality mean? Obviously it does not mean that we are all alike in political faculty or indeed in any faculty. Nature inexorably divides us into a mass of persons differing in attitudes and ability, with a percentage of nincompoops and a percentage of geniuses. But as their bodily needs are the same, their food and clothes and lodging can be rationed...

Passages with Solved Precis I am here to add, on behalf of our Government and our people, to the many welcomes you have had already. It has been stated that the meeting of this general conference of the UNESCO in Delhi has a certain special significance. It is a tribute, if I may say so, to the importance that is now attached by this great organization to the countries of Asia....

Passages with Solved Precis Nothing is gained, in any discussion of communism by treating it as’ a wicked doctrine which would never have arisen if a handful of criminal adventurers had not devoted themselves to its propagation. Like any other system or belief, its rise is the outcome of its environment, and its acceptance by large bodies of men is no more unnatural than their acceptance of other creeds. Those to...

Passages with Solved Precis Liberty is, in my view, inalienably bound up with democracy. When democracy has been strong, as in ancient Athens or in England before the war, citizens have enjoyed a large measure of liberty. Moreover, fresh liberties were constantly being gained. When democracy has declined, or has been superseded by other forms of government, liberty has declined with it. Under a dictatorship, liberty disappears. Hence the circumstances which...

Passages with Solved Precis Different epochs need different virtues; or perhaps it would be truer to say that the composition of the alloy from which human life is forged varies in each stage of civilization. It is reasonable to describe our age, the age of science taking that world not in the narrow connotation which it bears today but in the Latin sense of ‘knowledge’: an age which in all departments...

Passages with Solved Precis The strict repression of all feeling carries with it very strong psychological reactions; prevented from having his say, the most foolish young enthusiast who could be laughed out of his views in a week or so if he were granted the privilege of free discussion, begins to harden like metal poured into mould; he becomes a potential martyr, and no danger is too great for him so...

Passages with Solved Precis The motives for writing autobiographies sometimes. as we have seen, the writer is tempted by a big cheque. In other cases he or she is conscious of having had an interesting life and wishes the public to share the interest. Some men especially Deans, I regret to sayare raconteurs and so fond of their own stories that they do not like to think that they may perish...

Passages with Solved Precis It is amazing how few people are aware of the value of solitude and contemplation. The art of living in bed means more than physical rest for you. After you have gone through a strenuous day and complete relaxation; after all the people you have met and interviewed, all the friends, who have tried to crack silly jokes, and all your brothers and sisters who have tried...