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Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach out to the mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.

The special merit of silence according to the silent is _______.

A

Silence preserves energy.

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B

Silence contracts personality.

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C

Silence is natural.

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D

There can be communion between mind and heart only when a person is silent.

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Solution

The correct option is D There can be communion between mind and heart only when a person is silent.
In the third sentence, the author expresses his opinion that only in silence, one can reach out to the mind and know his heart. This is the only advantage to silence that is stated in the passage. D is the correct answer.
A and C are not supported by the contents of the passage. So, they are incorrect.
The passage says speech contracts personality. Hence, B is wrong.

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