Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice. Such delicate goods as justice, love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between

Question

Only with long experience and opening of his wares on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice. Such delicate goods as justice, love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously moulded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between

Accepted Answer

Correct Option: (c) local values and universal values The passage explicitly states: '...will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice.' Here, 'parochial' refers to narrow, local values, whereas 'universal' refers to values that are globally common or valid everywhere. The author uses this merchant metaphor to illustrate that travel helps individuals recognize which values are merely local (parochial) and which are fundamental and universal. Thus, when we meet other people during our travels, we learn to differentiate between local values and universal values. This directly aligns with option (c). The other options—such as imagination and understanding, communities and nationalities, or friends and foes—are not the focus of the passage's explanation of the lessons of travel, making them incorrect.

When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between

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