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Ques 4 Analyze and interpret the following passage in your own words:
There are hundreds of superstitions which survive in various parts of the country and the
study of them is rather amusing. We are told, for example, that it is unlucky to point to the
new moon or to look at it through glass, but if we bow nine times to it we shall have a lucky
month. Now suppose you tell a scientist that you believe a certain superstition - let us say,
that the howling of a dog is a sign of death. The scientist will immediately require evidence
before he can accept your belief. He will want figures to prove it. Your superstition may
impress an ignorant person but it cannot face the light of facts. Your case would not carry
conviction in a court of law. Any intelligent man will want to know the "reason why". What
connection can there be between a howling dog and an approaching death (15)

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Ques 4 Analyze and interpret the following passage in your own words:

There are hundreds of superstitions which survive in various parts of the country and the

study of them is rather amusing. We are told, for example, that it is unlucky to point to the

new moon or to look at it through glass, but if we bow nine times to it we shall have a lucky

month. Now suppose you tell a scientist that you believe a certain superstition - let us say,

that the howling of a dog is a sign of death. The scientist will immediately require evidence

before he can accept your belief. He will want figures to prove it. Your superstition may

impress an ignorant person but it cannot face the light of facts. Your case would not carry

conviction in a court of law. Any intelligent man will want to know the "reason why". What

connection can there be between a howling dog and an approaching death (15).