[RPSQ] S1:The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has

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S₁:	The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention.
P :	One of these is undue absorption in the past.
Q :	One s thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
R :	Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.
S :	It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead.
S₆:	This is not always easy one s own past is gradually increasing weight.

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S₁:	This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.
P :	They are only wind-vanes.
Q :	Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.
R :	They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
S :	Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind.
S₆:	The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other.

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S₁:	Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful fisher girl.
P :	He went to the fisherman and asked him for her asked him for her hand in marriage.
Q :	The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace.
R :	He fell in love with the fisher girl.
S :	The fisherman agreed to it condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur.
S₆:	Devavrata, the King s son, asked him the reason of his sadness.

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S₁:	Since the sixties there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour.
P :	It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
Q :	Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared.
R :	Before the 1960 s when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals.
S :	Brain and cognition is one such journal.
S₆:	So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations.

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S₁:	Reliogion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity.
P :	It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us.
Q :	It is not a question of ceremonial piety.
R :	Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.
S :	It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature.
S₆:	A man of that character is free from fear, free from hatred.

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S₁:	I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
P :	They also fear that I will flip them all away.
Q :	But children wonder why I flap them so.
R :	I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
S :	But I know what I am doing.
S₆:	Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?

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S₁:	The December dance and music season in Madras is like the annual tropical cyclone.
P :	A few among the new aspirants dazzle witht he colour of youth, like fresh saplings.
Q :	It rains an abundance of music for over a fortnight.
R :	Thick clouds expectation charge the atmosphere with voluminous advertisements.
S :	At the end of it one is left with the feeling that the music of only those artists seasoned by careful nurturing, stands tall like well-routed trees.
S₆:	Many a hastily planed shrub gets washed away in the storm.

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S₁:	You know my wife, Madhavi, always urged me to give up smoking.
P :	I really gave it up.
Q :	And so When I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self-reliant.
R :	When I emerged from jail, I wanted to tell her of my great triumph.
S :	But when I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes.
S₆:	poor girl!.

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S₁:	Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
P :	One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q :	A man of another country will not to do so.
R :	It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S :	Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
S₆:	In any case, we should not mock at others habits.

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S₁:	Jawaharlal Nehru was the greatest plan-enthusiast.
P :	Under Nehru s advice, the pre-Independent congress set up National Planning Commission in 1938.
Q :	But he forgot that what could be achieved by force under the communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible under the democratic set up of India.
R :	He took the idea from Russia where Five year plans transformed a very backward country into a top power of the world.
S :	No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the whole people.
S₆:	Nehru himself became the chairman of the commission.

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S₁:	The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P :	When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away
Q :	With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.
R :	No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.
S :	When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
S₆:	When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.

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