Question

In spite of all the honours that we heaped upon him, Pasteur, as has been said, remained simple at heart.

Perhaps the imagery of his boyhood days, when he drew the familiar scenes of his birthplace, and the longing to

be a great artist, never wholly left him. In truth, he did become a artist, though after his 16th year, he abandoned

the brush forever. Like every artist of worth, he put his whole soul and energy into his work, and it was this very

energy that in the end wore him out. For to him, each suffer was something more than just a case that was to be

cured. He looked upon the fight against hydrophobia as a battle, and he was absorbed in his determination to win.

The sight of injured children, particularly, moved him to an indescribable extent. He suffered with his patients, and

would not deny himself a share in that suffering. His greatest grief was when sheer physical exhaustion made him

give up his active work. He retired to estate at Villeneuve Estang, where he had his kennels for the study of rabies,

and there he passed his last summer, as his great biographer, Vallery Radio, has said, “practicing the Gospel

virtues.”

2. “He revered the faith of his fathers,” says the same writer, “and wished without ostentation or a mystery to

receive its aid during his last period.

3. The attitude of this man to the science he had done so much to perfect can be best summed up in sentence

that he is reputed once to have uttered, concerning the materialism of many of his contemporaries in similar

branches of learning to his own: “The more I contemplate the mysteries of nature, the more my faith becomes like

that of a peasant.”

4. But even after his retirement, he loved to see his former pupils, and would even reiterate his life’s

principles. “Work!” he would say, “Never cease to work”. So well had he kept his percept that he began rapidly to

sink from exhaustion.
5. Finally on September 27, 1895 when someone leant over his bed to offer him a cup of milk, he said sadly “I

cannot” with the look of perfect resignation and peace, seemed to fall asleep. He never again opened his eyes to

the cares and sufferings of a world, which he had done so much to relieve and to conquer. He was within 3

months of his 73rd birthday.

6. Thus passed away, as simply as a child, the man whom the French people were to vote at a plebiscite as the

greatest man that France had ever produced. Napoleon, who has always been considered the idol of France, was

placed fifth.

7. No greater tribute could have been paid to Louis Pasteur, the tanner’s son, the scientist, the man of peace,

the patient worker for humanity.

1.1 Answer each of the questions given below by choosing the most appropriate option. (1×5=5)

a) ______ did not leave Pasteur ever.

1) Imagery of his boyhood days.

2) Bad memories of his old age.

3) Good memories of his old age.

4) None of these.

b) Pasteur became a great artist but he abandoned the brush after his______.

1) 20th year

2) 19th year

3) 16th year

4) 22nd year

c) The biographer of Pasteur was______.

1) Napoleon

2) Vallery Radot

3) Pasteur himself

4) Rudyard Kipling

d) Pasteur's father was a ______.

1) Scientist

2) Tanner

3) Blacksmith

4) Barber

e) Napoleon has always been considered________.

1) The idol of France

2) Lover of nature

3) Worshipper

4) Barber

Answer the following in one word. (1×5=5)

f) _______ he seemed to fall asleep with a look of perfect resignation and peace.

g) Pasteur retired at ________.

h) Napoleon who has always been considered the idol of France, was placed _____.

i) _______ is the antonym of abandoned in para 1.

j) ________ is the synonym of pragmatism in para 3
Answer the following questions briefly. ( 2×5=10 )

a) Why did even the year awards and accolades not changed Pasteur?

b) What moved Pasteur to an indescribable extent?

c) What was Pasteur's greatest grief?

d) What would he do after his retirement?

e) How was Pasteur compared with Napoleon?​

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