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How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?

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How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?

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Initially, Dr. Barnard was grumbling. He wondered why on earth he and his wife should have been subjected to agony and inconvenience. He couldn’t take his dad’s view that suffering ennobles human beings. But the little boys taught him a profound lesson of life. One should get on with the business of living irrespective of whatever misfortune strikes one. You don’t become a better person because you suffered, your suffering does not ennoble you. But you become a better person because you have experienced suffering. It is not what you have lost that is important. What is important is what you have left. We can appreciate light better once we have experienced darkness. Similarly, we can appreciate warmth only after experiencing cold.

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पाठ 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७१]

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पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 3. d. | पृष्ठ ७१

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?


Who took the author to the cubicle?


Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.


The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story


What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?


Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.

Herbal Tea  
Ice Tea  
Lemon Tea  
Green Tea  
Black Tea  
Tea with Milk  

Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?


According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?


How does army tea taste?


Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?


Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?


Why does the author refer to himself as being in ‘a minority’?


Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?


Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.


How was the unattended trolley put to use?


What roles did the duo take up?


What happened in the grand finale?


Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.


Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?


Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.


Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.


Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat.

passion reward determination physical
fame faith courage money
drive vengeance inspiration self-satisfaction
vision undying spirit inner-urge perseverance

What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?


What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?


What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?


What did the photograph portray?


Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.


Why should individual liberty be curtailed?


How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?


What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?


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