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प्रश्न
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
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उत्तर
Dr. Barnard’s father accepted suffering as God’s will. He also believed that suffering ennobles humans. But Dr. Barnard found no meaning in the agony and suffering of patients and especially of the young children.
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