Building Life

On the brink of history reach meaningful scholarly progress. When you speak, you stay where you are, but when you listen, you expand your knowledge. The right scholarly attitude is to listen more than you speak. Whenever you meet someone, try to gather information by asking questions. A vast amount of information exists everywhere, but only those who understand how to acquire it can truly share in it. ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY The American war of Independence was fought from 1775 to 1783. Having seen its consequences some of America’s leaders subsequently began to advocate peaceful methods of gaining political ends instead of violence. One of these was the second American president, John Adams, who came to be known as a non-political politician. When Britain under the Paris treaty gave the US its freedom in 1783, its history radically altered course. Now the maximum importance began to be given to education, scientific research, industry, city planning and character building of the new generations. The same happened in the case of Japan. Up to the end of the Second World War, Japan had followed the path of militancy. But its experiences during the war led