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Read again the extracts from Nehrus speech Tryst with Destiny and answer the following:
Why did Nehru use the expression not wholly or in full measure in the first sentence?

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Nehru used the expression not wholly or in full measure because according to him the task of building a nation is a gargantuan task which cannot be fulfilled in one's lifetime.

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