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UNIT 1 1. Virtue is...self-centered. By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration. It was not the rich caused the poor, and it is not their duty to solve it. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God. It is only the effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to the nature and to human society. 5.It declined in popularity, and references to it acquired a condemnatory tone. Social Darwinism become not popular, people will be blamed when mentioning it. Belief can be the servant of truth-but even more of convenience. Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but it’s often accepted because it’s convenient. UNIT 3 The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere. Human activities has covered larger areas with greater intensity, which have harmful effect to the environment. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment. When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application... The farmer applied wore and more fertilizer, and the production did rise, but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative... If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change. But this is done only at the cost of understanding. If we take one side in the war of the two worlds, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature. UNIT 8 2. Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity. It?would?not?be?true?to?say?that?Miss?Emily?would?have?accepted?charity. 3.Just as if a man---any man –could keep a kitchen properly, the ladi