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What did Beam’s school aim to teach? Why?

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What did Beam’s school aim to teach? Why?

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Miss Beam’s school was a training ground to turn out good citizens. Bookish knowledge intends to know what is right and what is wrong. But Miss Beam’s school aimed at developing the habit to help the blind, the lame and the needy

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पाठ 5.1: A Different Kind of School - Extra Questions

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पाठ 5.1 A Different Kind of School
Extra Questions | Q 8

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And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
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The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
These things he plants who plants a tree.

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