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Where The Paces Are Infirm And Why?
The first duty of a progress-minded man should be that at every step he keeps alive the discretion of right or wrong, and its good or evil consequences. Whatever he contemplates, speaks and acts-what effect will this create in his own life, his companions, lives as also collectively in social life-he should keep cautious in observing and feeling it.
The order of present life should be examined where are the steps infirm and why ? For this we should adopt two heads-individual life and social life, again we should divide each under sub heads, external life and internal one. All these four aspects are interdependent. From the internal life of a man his external life is influenced and this in turh affects the social life. Again in the manner the external life of a society moulds collectively similar to it evolves its internal life that is culture and civilization of any society thus formulates. This very civilization and culture again continues to influence for a long time the external and internal life of an individual. Individual is an unit of a group while the society is the sum total of these units.
Therefore, wherever and on whatever side are the steps infirm-its effect is more or less produced in all aspe cts and this order of time continues. If in a society the system to control the voluntary aspirations is not strenuous enough, then the ambitions of a man will be ordinarily uncontrolled, he will then be self oblivious and incline towards beastliness. Together with this if an individual is not accustomed to move after harmonising his and his collea
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