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S₁: The mother tongue is the true vehicle of mother wit.
P: Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas.
Q: It is through the vernacular (refined, though not weakened,by scholarship and taste) that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech.
R: But the mother tongue is one with the air in which a man is born.
S: This is almost universally true, except in cases so rare (like that of Joseph Conrad) as to emphasise the general rule.
S₆: A man's native speech is almost like his shadow, inseparable from his personality.

The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS

B. PRSQ

C. PSQR

D. QRPS

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas. But the mother tongue is one with the air in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular (refined, though not weakened,by scholarship and taste) that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech. This is almost universally true, except in cases so rare (like that of Joseph Conrad) as to emphasise the general rule.

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