Lala Lajpat Rai: The Man in His WordGanesh & Company, 1907 - 274 pages |
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advance agitation amongst Anglo-Indian Arya Samaj Arya Samajists believe Bengal boys Brahmana British cause Christians College common countrymen Dayanand Despotic duty empire England English Europe European existence fact faith famine feel former gentlemen give Government of India habeas corpus heart Hijri Hindu nationality Hinduism honour human idea Indian National Congress interests labour lacs Lahore Lala Lajpat Rai large number latter least liberty living London London County Council Madras Mahomedan means ment mind moral National Congress native noble opinion organised orphans Pandit patriotism persons political present primary education principles progress Provinces Punjab question religion religious resolution revival revivalists rule sacred sacrifice Samaj secondary schools sense Shloka Shudra Sir Syed social reform society speech spirit struggle subject races Swadeshi things tion truth Urdu VANDE MATARAM Veda whole words
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Page 37 - I KNOW a maiden fair to see, Take care ! She can both false and friendly be, Beware ! Beware ! Trust her not, She is fooling thee ! She has two eyes, so soft and brown, Take care ! She gives a side-glance and looks down, Beware ! Beware ! Trust her not, She is fooling thee...
Page 219 - 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 viii - That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is . my prayer ; that 'these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion.
Page 219 - What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.
Page 34 - Hindu or Mahomedan, even the Christians who reside in this country are all in this particular respect belonging to one and the same nation. Then all these different sects can only be described as one nation; they must each and all unite for the good of the country which is common to all.
Page 72 - Even the best of modern civilisations," said he recently, " appears to me to exhibit a condition of mankind which neither embodies any worthy ideal nor even possesses the merit of stability. I do not hesitate to express the opinion that if there is no hope of a large improvement of the condition of the greater part of the human family ; if it is true that the increase of knowledge, the winning of a greater...
Page 269 - That a person illegally or improperly detained in public or private custody within such limits be set at liberty...
Page 159 - Among many subjects of importance, none can have a stronger claim to our attention than that of education. It is one of our most sacred duties to be the means, as far as in us lies, of conferring upon the natives of India those vast moral and material blessings which flow from the general diffusion of useful knowledge, and which India may, under Providence, derive from her connection with England.
Page 78 - The Kshatriya he commanded to protect the people, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study (the Veda), and to abstain from attaching himself to sensual pleasures ; 90. The Vaisya to tend cattle, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study (the Veda), to trade, to lend money, and to cultivate land. 91. One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Sudra, to serve meekly even these (other) three castes.
Page 88 - If (the punishment falls) not on (the offender) himself, (it falls) on his sons, if not on the sons, (at least) on his grandsons; but an iniquity (once) committed, never fails to produce fruit to him who wrought it.