Q.2. All the evil in this world is brought about by persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought to be up and nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can quite imagine him denouncing laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will bet, nobody is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon. The world, we all freely admit, is in a muddle, but I for one do not think that it is laziness that has brought it to such a pass. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the passive ones: it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the world(there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If ,for example, in July 1914, when there was some capital idling weather, everybody-- emperors, kings, archdukes, statesmen, generals, journalists, had been suddenly struck with an intense desire to do nothing, just to hang about in the sunshine and consume tobacco, then we should all have been much better off than we are now. But no, the doctrine of the strenuous life still went unchallenged; there must be no time wasted, something must be done. And, as we know, something was done. Again, suppose our statesmen, instead of rushing off to Versailles with a bundle of ill-digested notions and a great deal of energy to dissipate, had all taken a fortnight off, away from all correspondence and interviews and what not, and had simply lounged about on some hill side or other apparently doing nothing for the first time in their energetic lives, then they might have gone to their so-called Peace Conference and come away again with their reputations still unsoiled and the affairs of the world in good trim. Even at the present time, if half the politicians in Europe would relinquish the notion that laziness is a crime and go away and do nothing for a little space, we should certainly gain by it. Other examples come crowding into the mind. Thus, every now and then, certain religious sects hold conferences; but though there are evils abroad that are mountains high, though the fate of civilization is still doubtful, the members who attend these conferences spend their time condemning the length of ladies' skirts and the noisiness of dance bands. They would all be better employed lying flat on their backs somewhere, staring at the sky and recovering their mental health.

PRECIS made by me, given below.

Title: Extreme activeness: the root cause for instability in the world.
Original Precis: Extreme activeness, but not the laziness is the main cause for all the evils in this world. The world would be at peace, if this activeness was replaced by the passiveness. It is full of energetic people who are totally misdirected and have caused great damage to the world. If Emperors, Kings, Dukes and Statesman, at that time have preferred to spread peace and remained calm, instead of, putting themselves into unnecessary wars, there would be no world war. Some religious people hold conferences to discuss personal lives of people. It would be better that they have taken some rest and have improved their mental health.

@ Areeba
Good attempt, but still there are some mistakes. InshALLAH, i will be posting a detailed analysis on your precis soon, in which i will highlight all your shortcomings.

Please evaluate my Precis. I will appreciate any criticism or constructive comment.

It is the height of selfishness for men; who fully appreciate in their own case the great
advantage of a good education, to deny these advantages to women. There is no valid
argument by which the exclusion of the female sex from the privilege of education can
be defended. It is argued that women have their domestic duties to perform, and that, if
they were educated, they would bury themselves in their books and have little time for
attending to the management of their households. Of course it is possible for women, as
it is for men, to neglect necessary work in order to spare more time for reading
sensational novels. But women are no more liable to this temptation than men, and most
women would be able to do their household work the entire better for being able to
refresh their minds in the intervals of leisure with a little reading. Nay, education would
even help them in the performance of the narrowest sphere of womanly duty. For
education involves knowledge of the means by which health may be preserved and
improved, and enables a mother to consult such modern books as will tell her how to
rear up her children into healthy men and women and skillfully nurse them and her
husband when disease attacks her household.

PRECIS

TITLE: IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE EDUCATION

It is selfish of men to deny women an education. They reason that it will consume her time and jeopardize her domestic duties. This argument is fallacious. Reading will refresh a woman's mind. She will be able to perform her womanly duties efficiently. By consulting relevant literature, she can up bring her children in a healthier way, and she can preserve the health of her spouse in the face of disease. (71 Words)

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thanks. Please, let me know soon about my shortcomings.

Hi,doctor.I thoroughly examined your precis,and believe me, it is a nice attempt.
I'd like to add a few suggestions that might be helpful to you.
1)Main idea should be clearly reflected in your first sentence(topic sentence), so that the examiner directly comes to know that you have comprehended the gist of the passage.

2)Title of the precis should be directly connected to your topic sentence.

3)It is necessary to omit example and illustrations,but remember that you should,by all means,retain the gist of the examples in your precis.

Last but not the least:Precis should not be written at the cost of completeness.

Good luck,and keep practicing.

Furthermore,you have written the precis in a good expression,but it has some grammatical flaws.
Try to seperate one hour daily from your study routine;alott it to grammar practice.
Study sentence structuring,puctuations,usage of tenses,parts of speech and all the other vital aspects of grammar.
Believe me,grammar does matter alot in your precis and essay paper.

Please give your feedback
Title: Laziness is better than misdirected energies
It is not the lazy people but active people who are bringing harm to this world. Devil is also very active and he doesn't like laziness. The world today is in a crisis due to a lack of kindness and a little study thought rather than lack of activity. If our ancestors did nothing instead of what they did our conditions would have been better today. Even if The Statesman had vacations rather than struggling for global peace the world today would be more peaceful. Even today the laziness of our politicians would benefit us more than their activism. Those religious Scholars spending their energies but cannot differentiate the significance of each problem are also not doing any good to this world

Weak and improper sentence structure.E.g write ''energetic people who are misdirected '' instead of '' it is the full of energetic people .... "...your structures do not carry formal and appropriate sense .
grammatical mistakes e.g use ''of '' instead of ''for ''.
Expunge examples but retain their gist .
Focus on improving grammar and sentence structure
Your precis is good but u have to do more practice .

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Evils are introduced by the people without knowing when it should be active or doing.According to the writer,Devil is the busiest creature which criticizes laziness and infuriates over the wastage of time.Therefore,everybody is busy all the time in his kingdom.however, world is in confusion not because of laziness but it is not active virtue and has the ability to do anything except kindness and little steady thought with its misdirected energy.If in 1914,elite people had attracted toward laziness then world would be much better than that day but that concept compelled people to do something in working life.While in religious conference, people pay more attention to idle conversation instead of discussing important issues and such people would be need to improve their mental health.


"Laziness is not a curse but hidden blessing"