The Call to Young IndiaS. Ganesan & Company, 1920 - 350 pages |
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Page 30 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Page 335 - ... that must be our aim and purpose and that must be our motive and inspiration. The masses must feel that we are working for them, and in their interests. This leads me to another point. How far we must lead or be led by the masses ? During the last six months since I landed on the 20th February last, I have been in close touch with the masses of my countrymen. I have seen them in their thousands, in processions, at meetings and have met their representatives in private. I have seen their political...
Page 337 - ... of my fellow Congressmen to bear these considerations in mind when deciding the question before them. We must arrive at a conclusion satisfactory to the general body of our countrymen in whose interests and for whose welfare we are striving. We must not lose the lead of the people either by marching too far ahead of them, or by lagging behind. Both will be fatal to the best interests of the country. In their present mood, the masses demand that we shall do something over and above the mere passing...
Page 161 - If then any one is to be blamed for it (I for one do not blame any one), it is they themselves. Many of them would probably like to set the hands of the clock back but it is no longer in their power nor is it in ours to do so. We are following a course which we shall have to keep to, and whether we wish it or not, we are, I repeat, in the thick of a great struggle, the end of which no one can foresee. The better mind of the country is opposed to the use of any kind of violence, whether of language...
Page 324 - Assembly, those who are selected for the office of the President must not be partisans in the ordinary sense of the term. Whatever his personal opinions, the President cannot be speaking for, and in the name of the country, if he makes a pronouncement on which the country is not unanimous. If his views do not happen to coincide with those of the majority, both he and the Congress would find the situation rather awkward. The President should not try to anticipate the decision of the Congress on a...
Page 146 - There are certain other departments, however, where the idea of co-operation should be repugnant to the sense of self-respect of the leaders of the subject race. It is a duty of such leaders to keep the flame of liberty alive, by refusing to co-operate with the administration of the conquerors in such a way as to identify themselves with the administration. Consequently I have held all my life that the best brains and the best minds of the nation should not lend their co-operation to the Government...
Page 160 - We are by instinct and tradition averse to revolutions. Traditionally, we are a slow-going people, but when we decide to move, we do move quickly and by rapid strides. No living organism can altogether escape revolutions in the course of its existence.
Page 21 - I believe that the bulk of the available national funds must be reserved, for some time to come, for more schools and more teachers, to give instruction to the children of the nation on national lines. In my judgment, the first ten years of our national effort should be mainly devoted to (a) the increase of literacy; (b) the production of literate, skilled labour, conscious of its rights as human beings, and conscious of its rights as members of the body politic...
Page 326 - This, however, does not prevent me from making some general observations on the subject. Before we consider Non-co-operation let us start with co-operation. Co-operation of the people with the Government is based on one of the two assumptions, either that the Government represents them, or that the Government is there to protect their interests. Now in India the first of these two assumptions cannot hold good. The second is unhappily in the course , of being shatterd to pieces, if not already gone.
Page 166 - O'Dwyer. From the very moment he took charge of the Province he set before him an ideal of government which was Prussian in conception, Prussian in aim and Prussian in execution. For six long years he occupied himself in working out his ideals and in carrying out his plans. Every item was carefully thought out, and with equal care entrusted to agents who were most fitted and willing to achieve the end desired by the Head of the Government.