Gandhi the Apostle: His Trial and His MessageUniversal Publishing Company, 1923 - 198 pages |
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... rule . The Greatest victor is he who conquers himself . Overcome evil with good and lying with truth . " " To his disciples , the Blessed One says , " Go ye forth , O brethren , and wander over the world , for the sake of the many , for ...
... rule . The Greatest victor is he who conquers himself . Overcome evil with good and lying with truth . " " To his disciples , the Blessed One says , " Go ye forth , O brethren , and wander over the world , for the sake of the many , for ...
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... rule at Delhi , the Capital of India . The Mohammedan empire of Delhi expanded between 1175 and 1340 to its highest level , and then it began to sink under the pressure of new Hindu and petty Mohammedan princes that arose in the country ...
... rule at Delhi , the Capital of India . The Mohammedan empire of Delhi expanded between 1175 and 1340 to its highest level , and then it began to sink under the pressure of new Hindu and petty Mohammedan princes that arose in the country ...
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... game of " Divide and Rule . " There followed days of upstart unscrupulous brigandage— the Clives and the Hastingses are glorified by British historians as great empire - builders ; but it was 30 PANORAMA OF INDIAN HISTORY.
... game of " Divide and Rule . " There followed days of upstart unscrupulous brigandage— the Clives and the Hastingses are glorified by British historians as great empire - builders ; but it was 30 PANORAMA OF INDIAN HISTORY.
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... ( Rule ) . The re- bellion was suppressed and order was restored by the famous Proclamation of Queen Victoria ( 1858 ) . The development of constitutional political life along Western lines we shall trace later on . But it will be ...
... ( Rule ) . The re- bellion was suppressed and order was restored by the famous Proclamation of Queen Victoria ( 1858 ) . The development of constitutional political life along Western lines we shall trace later on . But it will be ...
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... rules for the construction of sacrificial altars ; from these rules they gradually developed geometry , and it has been ad- mitted by the great scholars that the world owes its first lesson in this science not to Greece but to India ...
... rules for the construction of sacrificial altars ; from these rules they gradually developed geometry , and it has been ad- mitted by the great scholars that the world owes its first lesson in this science not to Greece but to India ...
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Ahimsa Ahmedabad Ajanta Amritsar ancient Arabs arrested Aryan Asiatic became began Bengal Bombay Borobudur Brahmo Samaj British Empire British government British Raj Buddha Buddhist century B. C. charge Christ Christian Christna civilization Congress cooperation Council court creed Delhi disaffection duty England English Europe European evil faith freedom Greek Gujrat Hindu Hinduism honor human ideal Imperial imprisonment Indian National Indian National Congress Islam Jesus Khilafat land leaders living Lord Madras Mahatma Gandhi masses Megasthenes ment mind missionaries modern Mogul Mohammed Mohammedan moral movement Natal Nationalists non-cooperation non-violence organized Panchayet Passive Resistance Struggle peace philosophy political preaching prison Punjab Ram Mohan Ram Mohan Roy reforms religion religious revolution Rowlatt Acts Samaj Satyagraha says sentence soul South Africa spinning-wheel spiritual suffering Swaraj thought Tilak tion Transvaal truth Vedanta Vedas violence Western whole words Young India
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Page 77 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified by their education, ability, and integrity duly to discharge.
Page 142 - This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
Page 11 - If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions of some of them which well deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant - I should point to India.
Page 100 - I am not a visionary. I claim to be a practical idealist. The religion of non-violence is not meant merely for the rishis and saints. It is meant for the common people as well. Non-violence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.
Page 157 - I knew that I was playing with fire. I ran the risk and if I was set free I would still do the same.
Page 87 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with -which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 157 - The only course open to you, the Judge, is either to resign your post and thus dissociate yourself from evil, if you feel that the law you are called upon to administer is an evil and that in reality I am innocent; or to inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and the law you are assisting to administer are good for the people of this country and that my activity is therefore injurious to the public weal.
Page 198 - Persons in power should be very careful how they deal with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasure, nothing for riches, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy — because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you so little purchase upon his soul.
Page 50 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 136 - This Congress is further of opinion that there is no course left open for the people of India but to approve of and adopt the policy of progressive non-violent non-co-operation inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, until the said wrongs are righted and Swarajya is established...