Throughout the ages of human development men have been subject to miseries of two kinds: those imposed by external nature, and, those that human beings misguidedly inflicted upon each other. At first, by far the worst evils were those that were due to the environment. Man was a rare species, whose survival was precarious. Without the agility of the monkey, without any coating of fur, he has difficulty in escaping from wild beasts, and in most parts of the world could not endure the winter’s cold. He had only two biological advantages: the upright posture freed his hands, and intelligence enabled him to transmit experience. Gradually these two advantages gave him supremacy. The numbers of the human species increased beyond those of any other large mammals. But nature could still assert her power by means of flood and famine an pestilence and by exacting from the great majority of mankind incessant toil in the securing of daily bread.
In our own day our bondage to external nature is fast diminishing, as a result of the growth of scientific intelligence. Famines and pestilence still occur, but we know-better, year by year, what should be done to prevent them. Hard work is still necessary, but only because we are unwise: given peace and co-operation, we can, whenever we choose to exercise wisdom, be free of many ancient forms of bondage to external nature.
But the evils that men inflict upon each other have not diminished in the same degree. There are still wars, oppressions, and hideous cruelties, and greedy men still snatch wealth from those who are less skilful or less ruthless than themselves. Love of power still leads to vast tyrannies, or to mere obstruction when its grosser forms are impossible. And fear - deep scarcely conscious fear - is still the dominant motive in very many lives.

Précis:
Since ages, mankind has suffered from two kinds of calamities: natural and manmade. In the beginning, the environment was the biggest threat to mankind. The survival of man was unclear, but he managed to attain supremacy over all other creatures because of his posture and intelligence. Though the population of human species increased, nature still had the power to inflict damage. With the advancement of science, the threat and the damage caused by nature have declined sharply. On the other hand, the manmade damages hold and the horrible practices of war, oppression, cruelty, plunder, and tyranny are still rampant.

Title: The Case of Natural and Manmade Calamities
Total Words: 304
Required: 101
Attempted: 99

Natural disasters are unavoidable but the misery mankind inflicts on each other is certainly not. Famine, earth quakes and pestilence were the biggest enemies of men at first.

As men developed intelligence and took advantage of being able to walk upright and having an opposable thumb, feeding himself was still a tough task.

intelligence has allowed mankind to forecast disasters and daily bread is easy to come by. Intelligence has paved way for nurtured disasters such as wars, which are worse than natural disasters.

Looting is rampant in greedy men. Mankind is enveloped with fear of each other rather than the misery external nature may impose.

Words: 106

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