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Explain the devastation done by Londoner to the nature and how the nature defend itself. With refrence to 'The Weather : An Explanation' by Robert Lynd​

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inOn Good Resolutions- Robert Lynd

Introduction : Robert Lynd is one of the greatest of the essayists in English literature. His

essays are called “familiar essay”, because they are filled with his personal anecdotes, broad

sympathies, gentle humour, elegant style and gifted fluency. His essay “On Good Resolutions”

also reflects these qualities.

New Year Resolutions: Every New Year people take a lot of good resolutions and seldom put

them into practice. If a man wants to reform his life with good resolutions, his neighbours and

friends may discourage him by saying that “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions”.

Types of Resolutions: Robert Lynd lists three kinds of resolutions. They are fairly easy,

difficult and most difficult. Most people take the most difficult resolutions which Lynd calls the

Himalayan resolutions such as getting up early in the morning to do exercises or winning the

trophy for the school football team. These good resolutions are like day dreams and cannot be

fulfilled. Common man cannot change his habit of getting up late.

Morality: Robert Lynd says that good resolutions are very delightful form of morality and we

must encourage people to take more and more good resolutions because this world is lack of

moral qualities. Good resolutions are golden anticipations of the day’s work, fresh and

untarnished and full of song.

Silly Resolutions: Some people take resolutions which are so silly and very easy to put into

practice in one’s life. These resolutions are contemptible and to be rejected. For example going

to bed before midnight, getting up before noon, giving up tobacco etc. are some of the good

resolutions. But even these resolutions are put into practice only from tomorrow or next New

Year or next month. No need to postpone them to the next New Year day. Lynd says that good

resolutions are the intelligent anticipation of events always postponed. They are the