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well to remind ourselves of what the rule of the road means. It means that in
er that the liberties of all may be preserved the liberties of everbody must be
ailed. When the policeman, say at Piccadilly Circus, steps into the miidle of the
w and puts out his hand, he is the symbol, not of tyranny, but of liberty. You may
think so. You may, being in a hurry and seeing your motor-car pulled up by this
solence of office, feel that your liberty has been outraged. How dare this fellow
merfere with your free use of the public highway? Then, if you are a reasonable
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, you will reflect that if he did not, incidentally, interfere with you he would
merfere with no one, and the result would be that Piccadilly Circus would be a
meistrom that you would never cross at all. You have submitted to a curtailment of
mate liberty in order that you may enjoy a social order which makes your liberty
mality. [words-194]
Write a precis of the following passage. Add a suitable title.
There is a danger of the world getting liberty-drunk in these days, and it is just
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Answer:
The writer thought that if everybody would be getting into everybody else's way, there would be universal chaos resulting in social anarchy.
(b) The policeman stopping your car is a symbol of liberty otherwise you won't be able to cross the Piccadilly Circus. Your private liberty is curtailed so that you may enjoys real a social order which gives you liberty.
(c) By this the writer means to point out the people who make wrong use of the liberty provided to them. Liberty is a social contract in a way that to preserve the liberties of all, the liberties of everybody must be curtailed. Only then one can enjoy a social order which makes one's liberty a reality.
(d) If liberty drunk people would be getting in everybody else's way, or start walking in the middle of the road without respecting the individual liberties of others, there would be universal chaos resulting into social anarchy.
2. (a) i)danger (b) i- complete neglect of law and rule (c) ii) insulting or offensive behaviour (d) ii) reduced