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N, , Word-meanings :, ier ETE OD Ve, , consequence; 3. big game—la, , , , , , PASSAGE 17, , ~ the causes of happiness or among the causes of, 1 Whether work should be sa ee or a aie mee eeaaly ae a, unhappiness may perhaps be regarded as a do ane atl RY Pay, which is exceedingly troublesome, and an excess of work is very painful. Flowevet, WOK Is ty, most people less painful than idleness. There are all grades of work — from mere relief t), causing troubles, up to the profoundest delights — according to the nature of the work and, the abilities of the worker, Most of the work that most of the people have to do is not in itself, interesting but even such work has certain great advantages. To begin with, it fills good many, hours of the day without the need of deciding what one shall do. Most people, when they ate, left free to fill their own time according to their own choice, are at a loss! to think anything, sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing. And whatever they decide on, they are troubled by the, feeling that something else would have been pleasanter. To be able to fill leisure intelligently is, the last product? of civilization and at present very few people have reached this level. Moreover,, the exercise of choice is in itself tiresome. Excepting people with unusual initiative, it is positively, agreeable to be told what to do at each hour of the day, provided the orders are not too, unpleasant. Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom, from the hard work. At times, they may find relief by hunting big game? in Africa or by flying, around the world, but the number of such adventures becomes limited after the youth is past, Accordingly, the more intelligent rich men work almost as hard as if they were poor., , Work, therefore, is desirable — first and foremost as prevention from boredom — the boredor, that a man feels when he has nothing to do; though uninteresting work is as boring as havin, poshung to do. With this advantage of work another is associated, namely that it makes holiday, spiel pre sega rn A come. Provided that a man does not have to work so hard 3, samt ee, i Hf likely to find far more zest and pleasure in his life than an idl, , y tind. The other advantages of paid work and some of unpaid work are th, , the char Ces OF success a. I i ie fo fi n oO. nds of worl, ee nd Oppo unities iti, i i amb i, , i ne ition are enhanced. I most ki d, , SUCCESS 15 measured i y Income (201, , 1. at a loss—not knowin, , & what to'do ofisay:, say; 2. the last pro, ‘ger animals hunted for sport produce ae, , Questions, , g of the above, Passage,, egnizable abbreviations the, , (a) On the basis of your readin,, sub-headings, Use reco:, title to it., , (b) Write a summary of the above Passage in ah, , 10, , 60 Kierra ea, , make notes on it, using headings af, r, ‘ver necessary. Supply an appropria, , ut 80 words.