The Moral Vision
Concentration
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CONCENTRATION
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) one of most famous
thinkers of modern times, (although the writer does
not agree with his views) played a major part in the
intellectual formation of modern man.
Darwin achieved this position of eminence in the
modern world by dint of exceptionally hard work.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1984) says of him:
“All his mental energy was focussed on his subject
and that was why poetry, pictures and music
ceased in his mature life to afford him the pleasure
that they had given him in his earlier days.” (5/495).
Such intellectual concentration is vital to peak
achievement in any field, be it right or wrong. Man
has to be so engrossed in his work that everything
else pales into insignificance beside it. Unless
everything else loses its interest for him, he cannot
climb to any great heights of success. If we examine
the lives of the truly great, we find that they all
worked in the same dedicated way.
