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A Break in Generation

to their proper development, for all over the world, the
members of the new generation are entering upon their
lives without the benefit of experience. It is experience
that makes you mature. In this situation the whole new
generation has become immature, and the result has
been disastrous.
For example, let us take the institution of marriage. In
our present age, this institution has been considerably
weakened. After marriage either both the husband and
wife live in a state of tension, or they end their marriage
by separation.

Why has the institution of marriage become so weak
in the present day, when it was so strong in previous
generations? The reason is very simple. Marriage
in previous ages was held as a matter of adjustment,
whereas the present generation is quite dismissive of
this fact. Having failed to receive the benefit of the
older generation’s experience, they know nothing about
marriage except love. And it is a fact that, in social life,
it is adjustment that matters and not emotions.
Had there been no generation gap, the marriages
of the new generation would have been as successful
as in former times. Nowadays, this phenomenon is
not so much the exception as the rule. This has done
much damage to modern society. The aforementioned
example is one of its harmful repercussions.

The generation gap is a very serious problem in our
world. But the younger generation are not solely to
be blamed. The older generation must also share the
blame. So, there is fifty-fifty culpability. Old people

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