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Q24.To forgive an injury is often considered to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of strength. It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of vengeance; but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who forgives an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged himself and puts the wrong-doer to shame.

The passage best supports' the statement that-

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(a) The sufferer alone knows the intensity of his sufferings

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(b) People tend to forgive the things happened in the past

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(c) Natural passions are difficult to suppress

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(d) Mercy is the noblest form of revenge

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The correct option is D (d) Mercy is the noblest form of revenge
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The passage best supports' the statement that mercy is the noblest form of revenge

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