8. Complete the following statement based on your
understanding of Patel's speech
The first and foremost duty of the young nation is
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Answer:
On this occasion, I wish to place before you a few
thoughts which occur to my mind as incidental to our
hard-won freedom. We have now won our freedom. But
just as I am doubtful, if I deserved the honour that
you have done me, you have also to think whether you
have done everything to deserve freedom that you have
attained after such a bitter and sustained struggle.
There are people who think that having won freedom,
there is nothing more to do about it. Freedom has come
to us through sacrifices. Those who made sacrifices
tasted the fruit of their efforts and self-denials, but it is for
those who are now enjoying freedom to taste its fruit. After
the last World War, there is an all-round deterioration in
human standards. People have become self-centered. They
have forgotten or ignored the wider interests of the country.
The essential and noteworthy features of our struggle were:
sacrifice, truth, and non-violence. The weapons of the
World War were: violence, brute force, political and
military moves, and counter moves. As a result of
the churning of the ocean, the world has emitted
poison. That poison is spreading all over and
there is none to swallow it. The countries which
were free have managed to digest it somewhat, but we, who have
just attained our freedom, it is hard to do the same. Therefore,
those who think that having attained freedom they have attained
everything have really attained nothing! The freedom that we
have won is yet to be consolidated. The foundations of freedom
have to be well and truly laid! This one-year old child has to be
nursed and nourished, instructed and strengthened. It is for us
to do it and we must do it.
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