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Punctuality is a necessary habit in all
public affairs of a civilized society. With-
out it, nothing could ever be brought to a
conclusion; everything would be in a
state of chaos. Only in a sparsely-
populated rural community is it possible
to disregard it. In ordinary living there
can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
The intellectual, who is working on some
abstruse problem, has everything co-
ordinated and organized for the matter in
hand. He is therefore forgiven, if late for
a dinner party. But people are often
reproached for unpunctuality when their
only fault is cutting things fine. It is hard
for energetic, quick-minded people to
waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep
an appointment. If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tyres, diver-
sions of traffic, sudden descent of fog, they will be on time. They
are often more
indu