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Question
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
He will be lonely enough
to have time for the work
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Solution
- Reference: These lines are from the poem ‘A Father to his Son” written by Carl August Sandburg.
- Context and Explanation: The poet says these words to explain how creative thinkers and those who strive to bring about changes are left alone to fend for themselves. The poet says his son must take advantage of this loneliness to pursue his creative imagination and succeed like Shakespeare, the Wright brothers, Pasteur, Pavlov, and Faraday.
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