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PREPACE
Life with most people is a limited territory in which they fulfil a routise till they go out They are uscd to live within this limit and have neither the will nor the capacity to break through its bounds Completely surrendered to environment and nurtured by it, chcy have neither the urge nor the ambition to go beyond it and get established in their own authority, so that when at last time comes for them to leave their earthly abode, they do so without virtually Icaving any mark behind. They are mere tools rather than artisans, mere slaves rather than masters It is a remote chance, a rare possibility, that an event somewhat worthwbile cvet takes place in a life like this, which, therefore, remasos dull, flat and pedestrian to the core And in the absence of events, this sort of life does not produce any history. It is just historyless, which is the same thiog as sayiog that the life-story of most men terminates with them.
In contrast, there may be a few others, almost in every age and in every country, who break through the limits of life to attain a wider expanse They live more for others than for themselves They are the real harbingers of progress, The experience of such men contributes to improve the quality of human life, and since there is a succession of such men from age to age, the progress upward of humanity has remained unabated Such men are the real creators of history, and it is a kaowledge of this history that serves as a guide to understanding the progress of human society
Events in the life of such creative men, foating down the current of time, become, at a gap of years and centuries, a sort of tradition, a heritage, a treasure for the community. They inspire the creative writers and get recorded in the literature which, in fact, is a reflection of life In producing liter Iture, the writer weeds out certain things which are unnecessary, adds things from his own imagipation, imparts. dialogue and creates in the process something which is noble, dignified, enchanting, inspiring, something which is a true
