Summarising : (3 marks)Write a ‘summary’ of the above extract by using the following points.(Love as a force — its limitations — tolerance — need of tolerance)

Answer: A summary with a suitable title, covering the four given points in about one-third of the length of the extract.

Title : Tolerance — the Foundation of a Civilized World

Love is a great force in private life, indeed the greatest of all things. But it has its limitations: it does not work in public affairs. It was tried in the Middle Ages and in the French Revolution and it failed, because we can love only those whom we know personally, and we know very few people. In public affairs and in rebuilding civilization, what is needed is tolerance. Tolerance is a dull, negative virtue that simply means putting up with people. Yet in an overcrowded world full of strangers, it is the only force that can make different races, classes and interests live and work together. So tolerance is the only foundation for a civilized post-war future.