A reasonable consideration of the rights or feelings of others is the foundation of social contract

A reasonable person would reflect that if the policeman did not interfere with him he would interfere with no one and the result would be utter chaos.

The lady thought that she had liberty to walk wherever she liked.

15, Car Street,
Madurai - 5.
20th March, 2019.
Dear Bharathi,
Well and wish you the same. Let me narrate an interesting event I witnessed at Madurai Main
Road signal yesterday.
The traffic constable had a tough time controlling the traffic because it was peak hour. On finding that a car driver ignored his signal and tried to cross the zebra crossing, the traffic constable stepped in the middle of the road and put out his hand. You may think that he is a symbol of tyranny. No, in fact he is a symbol of liberty. The driver was in a hurry. He thought that his car was pulled by the
rudeness of office. He shouted that his liberty had been outraged. He angrily asked the police man how he dared to interfere with his free use of the public highway.
The police man was cool and composed. He pointed out that if he interfered with no one, the result would be chaos on the highway and nobody would get anywhere: Understanding the rationale behind his action; he apologized.
Don't you agree with me if I say that private liberty must be curtailed to enjoy a social order ?
With luv,
xxx.

In the lesson 'On the Rule of the Road', Gardiner emphasises that liberty is not a personal matter but a social contract. According to him, the rule of the road means that the liberties of everybody must be curtailed for the liberties of all to be preserved. If everybody gets in everybody else's way, nobody will get anywhere. Individual liberty would become social anarchy. In matters which do not touch others' liberty we can be as free as we like. We can choose to go down the road in a dressing gown. We can go to bed late or get up early. We need nobody's permission in these matters. It is personal liberty. We can practice our trombone in our house without disturbing our neighbours. But if we do it in the street, the neighbours will raise objections. They will argue that our liberty to blow trombone must not interfere with their liberty to sleep in quiet. So we must accommodate our liberty to the liberties of others.

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Sixty miles is a long distance .

A variety of pleasing objects charms the eye.

Ten thousand rupees a month is an insufficient income

(a) Napoleonis comparedto the mother eagle.
(b) The concerned mother eagle sees her bruised eagle that breathes painfully. Likewise Napoleon worriedly looks at the wounded soldier.

(a) Napoleon'saction is described here.
(b) The phrase,'prone brow' means eye brow inclined downward. It conveys anxiety and concern.
(c) Napoleon was anxious

Reference :
These lines are taken from the poem 'Incident of the French Camp' written by Robert Browning.
Context :
The poet utters these words to bring the news of victory through the young soldier.
Explanation:
The young soldier informed Napoleon that French had conquered Ratisbon. The French army had
a tough battle at Ratisbon. Finally they conquered Ratisbon. The young soldier himself had hoisted the French flag in the market place.