1. Among the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe, so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life.

2. Time and again men and women who have become rich recall that the happiest times of their lives were the years in which they were struggling to stay alive. People who aggressively pursue money often find that acquiring it does not fulfill their dreams.

3.If much education is apparently wasted, so is much of turnip seed that the farmer sows in the field. It is necessary for the farmer, one might say, to sow more seed than is necessary if he wishes to get a first-rate crop.

4.Although James was human enough, as we have seen, to like his good work to be appreciated, he was lacking in ambition. He never sought friendship with influential people for the sake of possible personal advancement he never undertook tasks because they would bring him into the public eye.

5.But Dave, the perfectionist, the man who did every-thing right, did one thing wrong. He smoked at least two packs of cigarets, every day for 30 years. This senseless addiction deprived him of the joy of seeing his grandchildren marry. And it will deny those who loved him the pleasure of his beautiful presence.