15-EXERCISES-PRECIS WRITING So far you have been reading solved examples intended to help you understand precis writing. But it is practice alone which would enable you to grasp the technique in proper way. So write the precis of the following paragraphs and give an appropriate title to each. Misers are generally characterized as men without honor or without humanity, who live only to accumulate, and to this passion scarifies who live only...

The science has become one of the most powerful factors in modern life is a generally accepted and indeed an obvious fact. The proper role of the scientist himself is however, a point on which there is no general agreement. On the one hand are those die hands who , ignoring the changed circumstances of the outside world, contend that, outside the laboratory personal influence of the scientist should be no...

Indian culture has survived for nearly fifty centuries. Though it passed through many ups and downs, it has come down to us with its unfathomable depths and great capacity for devotion and service. What constitutes the national spirit or genius springs from sources deep and ancient, all the time diverting and altering their course. The facts of our history look stranger than fiction. We have suffered defeat on many occasions. These...

It is physically impossible for a well educated intellectual or brave man to make money the chief object of his thoughts: Just as it is for him to make his dinner the principal object of them. All healthy people like their dinner, but dinner is not the main object of their lives. So all healthy minded people like making money, ought to like it. And enjoy the sensation of winning it; but...

The spirit of sportsmanship is what we are lacking in today. Sports tell us that we should take a defeat or disappointment with a smile. We should not go about insisting on our success in whatever we attempt. It is not possible for every man to succeed in every desire which he has. There may be ambitions of groups, there may be ambitions of individuals which they set before themselves and...