ON SAYING PLEASE Good Manners are of great value\ in human life. Bad manners are not a legal crime.

But everybody dislikes a man with bad manners. Small courtesies win us a lot of friends. Words like 'please' and 'thank you' helps us in making our passage through life smooth. The law does not permit us to hit back if we are the victims of bad manners. But if we are threatened with physical violence, the law permits us some liberty of action. Bad manners create a chain reaction. Social practice demands politeness from us. A good mannered person will find that his work becomes e person will find that his work becomes easier by the ready co-operation that he gets from other. This essay tells us about the value of good manners.Bad manners are anti social. But they are not a crime in the eyes of the law and therefore the law does not permit us to hit back if we have been the victims of bad manners.If we are threatened by physical violence ,the law protects us by some action.It is good that the law does not permit physical action in return for bad manners.actually violation or breach of good manners is very common. If there had been some punishment for bad manners,it would have lead to too much violence.People begin to avoid a man with bad manners.He is not liked by anyone.A person with good manners bring us sunshine.His company is indeed very pleasant. This essay deals with little but socially important incident from daily life.It shows us the importance of word like please or thank you in our every day life. They settle bitter quarrels and soften bad tempers.the damage done by an unkind word is more painful than physical injury. A lift-man in an officethrew a passenger out of thelift as the latter was impolite.He did not use the word to take him to the top. The author is of the opinion that discourtesy is not a legaloffence. If a person knocks another person downbecause he has broken the law ,the former will beacquitted .But the liftman was in wrong because thelaw does not permit anybody to use violence,if another person is discourteous Even if a person is discourteous the law will protect him against attack.An uncivil person may be called ill-mannered but he cannot be compelled by d intellectual damages havenothing to do in this case. The lift-man was perhaps badly hurt because heconsidered it a blot on his social position.if he had beenkicked on the shin he could have approached the lawfor getting it redressed but the pain of a wound to self-respect is wounded, he remains uneasy till he inflictssuch a wound on some other person. Evil mannersstart a vicious circle.In T personal servant Fag bukes the son,captain Absolute goes out and scolds his

Fag gets relief for his feelings by going into the quartersand kicking the page boy.Similarly,it is quite possible that the employer,in his turn;had been insulted by his wife whowas simply trying to work of temper which she got fromthe ill manners of the cook.the cook in his turn was sorebecause the house maid had been rude.A bad mood andtemper cause widespread infection. They do more harm tothe social life than the crimes recognized by the panelcode. All the same the law cannot operate in this areabecause it is so vast.It is true that no law requires us to be polite. Politeness inspeech and manners is not only beneficial for the individualwho practices it but also for those around. Bad mannerspoison the general stream of life Civility oils the machine of life,makes things easierand keeps human being in good relationship. It is not a social but a moral obligation. The writer pays richtribute to bus conductor. With his good behavior hespreads joy around him. A polite word to an impoliteperson is sweeter form of revenge than the revengeof throwing stones at him who throws a stone at you. Although the law does not compel us to be politeyet social practise requires us to be civil. Words like a good working order. They teach us co-operationand we can get better work by the use of thesewords. The author once boarded a bus.he found that he hadno money in his pocket. He was in fis what to do. Hewas expecting that a conductor would call hisstatement and old trick.But when he told theconductor he had forgotten to bring money withhim,he accepted his explanation and gave him theticket up to his destination when the author asked himwhere he shou

settled the account . A few days later the author washurt by the heavy boots of the conductor but hebehaved in a very decent manner and the author didnot mind it. The conductor always tried to make hispassengers comfortable. A journey with him was alesson in natural courtesy and good manners. If we are uncivil,others also become uncivil. If we showgood manners others will also behave well. A cheerfulperson can make a gloomiest person cheerful. Theauthor feels that it is always better to be on the bus of that conductor when going from one place to another.It is sound investment to poses good manners. If wordsworth could get a lesson from the poor-leechgatherer,there is no harm in getting lessons from aperson like bus conductor who has good manners.Warhas affected civilities of life. But they must be got backto make life sweet, kindly and tolerable for each other. The law cannot help us to get them back, but it canonly protect us against physical attack. We should bepolite towards others so as to have a spiritual victory. If the liftman had treated the passenger in the civilmanner, he would have attained the spiritual victoryover him.

IDEAS THAT HAVE HELPED MANKIND

The Use of Irony in the Essay Ideas That Have Helped Mankind In the essay, Ideas That Have Helped Mankind, we have an example of what is known as devastating irony. Speaking of international disputes and the possibility of the next world war completely destroying the human race, Russell points out that narrow nationalistic ideas often blind the politicians to the disastrous consequences which can result from their squabbles. Russell in this context refers to the disputes about Persian oil, the disagreement as to Chinese trade, the quarrels between the Jews and the Muslims for the control of Palestine; and he then makes the following ironical and sarcastic remark: Any patriotic person can see that these issues are of such importance as to make the extermination of mankind preferable to cowardly conciliation. Another example of irony in this essay occurs when, after mentioning the brutalities committed by the Germans and the Russians, he writes: And how about our noble selves? We would not do such deeds. Oh no! But we enjoy our juicy steaks and our hot rolls while German children die of hunger. This ironical remark is intended to bring out the cruel impulses lurking at the bottom of the apparently generous mind of the British and the American people.