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  A young man wrote to me the other day lamenting his ignorance and requesting me to tell him what books to read and what to do in order to become learned and wise. But I confess that the more I thought of the matter the less assured I felt of my competence for the task. I ceased to be flattered by the implied tribute to my omniscience. As I contrasted the mountain of things I didn't know with the molehill of things I did know, my self-esteem shrank to zero. Why, my dear young sir, thought I, I cannot pay two pence in the pound. I am nothing but the possessor of a widespread ignorance. And the books I haven't read, and the sciences I do not know, and the languages I don't speak, and the things I can't do ---young man, if you know all this you would be amazed. But it does not make me unhappy. On the contrary I find myself growing cheerful in the contemplation of these vast and undeveloped estates. Someday I will know about all these things. I will develop all the immensities; I will search all these mysteries. In my heart I know I shall do nothing of this sort.
Read the following Passage and answer the Questions given below:
  A young man wrote to me the other day lamenting his ignorance and requesting me to tell him what books to read and what to do in order to become learned and wise. But I confess that the more I thought of the matter the less assured I felt of my competence for the task. I ceased to be flattered by the implied tribute to my omniscience. As I contrasted the mountain of things I didn't know with the molehill of things I did know, my self-esteem shrank to zero. Why, my dear young sir, thought I, I cannot pay two pence in the pound. I am nothing but the possessor of a widespread ignorance. And the books I haven't read, and the sciences I do not know, and the languages I don't speak, and the things I can't do ---young man, if you know all this you would be amazed. But it does not make me unhappy. On the contrary I find myself growing cheerful in the contemplation of these vast and undeveloped estates. Someday I will know about all these things. I will develop all the immensities; I will search all these mysteries. In my heart I know I shall do nothing of this sort.
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