The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives. - GRE Issue 38
The speaker alleges that studying history is valuable only insofar as it is relevant to our daily lives. I find this allegation to be specious. It wrongly suggests that history is not otherwise instructive and that its relevance to our everyday lives is limited. To the contrary, studying history provides inspiration, innumerable lessons for living, and useful value-clarification and perspective---all of which help us decide how to live our lives.
To begin with, learning about great human achievements of the past provides inspiration. For example, a student inspired by the courage and ten...
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Score: 5.5 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
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No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
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Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.834 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.068 4.6
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