Question: The author of the passage went on to say: “We are provincial, because we do not find at home our standards; because we do not worship truth, but the reflection of truth; because we are warped and narrowed by an exclusive devotion to trade and commerce and manufactures and agriculture and the like, which are but means, and not the end.”
Which of the following, as per author, could have been the end (last words in the lines above)?
The author is extremely critical of mankind's “exclusive devotion to trade and commerce...”, which are means of economic growth but not those which will lead to scientific and moral ends. He attaches a lot of value to individual righteousness. This eliminates options 1 and 5.