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Man, it appears, can understand nothing but by comparison.
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As we read history, we find that contest | has always been there – be it between rival men, or between rival nations.
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He can understand strength only by comparing one man’s strength with another’s and speed only by comparing one horse’s speed with another’s.
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Hence, his passionate interest in every sort of game, or in any fine physical equality, in which strong men are pitted against each other.

Solution

Answer: (1, 3, 4, 2) ʻHe' in (3) refers to 'man' in (1). Hence, the 1-3 link. “his passionate desire... strong men are pitted against each other' in (4) refers to comparing one man's strength with another's in (3). Hence, the 3-4 link. (2) is the last sentence that takes the contest from men to nations.

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The mere and naked material of nature we eye with indifference, or trample on with disdain.
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It grates against the heart to think of the tone in which we unconsciously permit ourselves to address a rustic.
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There is something humbling to human pride in a rustic life.
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It is a sad thought to feel that we despise him; that all we respect in our species is what has been created by art; the gaudy dress, the glittering equipage, or even the cultivated intellect.

Solution

Answer: (3, 2, 4, 1) There are two sentences about 'rustic' - one about rustic life and the other about rustic, the man. The sentence about rustic life has to begin the discussions (There is some thing...). The one about rustic – the man follows. The last sentence (1) explains why it is sad' (4).

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And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth.
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We can set two sorts of standards there.
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First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects.
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It is necessary to have a standard of education.
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There are also standards of economic security.

Solution

Answer: (4, 2, 3, 1, 5) There are four sentences about “standard of education that need to be placed together. The sentence about standard of security needs to be kept at the end, because of the use of also'. A standard will begin the paragraph, followed by there are two', and then followed by 'firstly and 'secondly

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