What did the villagers feel about the school master?

1.	What did the villagers feel about the school master?
Answer» All in the village talked about the vastness of his knowledge, how he knew how to write and do difficult calculations in arithmetic, how he knew how to measure lands and warn beforehand the time for settlement of dues, the time of high and low tides, and the story ran that he could measure the contents of liquids in a vessel. They were all greatly impressed when he argued with someone, and observed how he would not give up even though he was overcome in argument. They gathered round the master in amazement as big and high-sounding words thundered forth from him, and as they gazed, they marvelled V that such a small head could contain all that he knew.

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All in the village talked about the vastness of his knowledge, how he knew how to write and do difficult calculations in arithmetic, how he knew how to measure lands and warn beforehand the time for settlement of dues, the time of high and low tides, and the story ran that he could measure the contents of liquids in a vessel.

They were all greatly impressed when he argued with someone, and observed how he would not give up even though he was overcome in argument. They gathered round the master in amazement as big and high-sounding words thundered forth from him, and as they gazed, they marvelled V that such a small head could contain all that he knew.

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