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...Shame upon you, Christians!" the mute nakedness of the Mahatma cries louder than words?for Englishmen know that they as individuals have not, and that he as an individual has, obeyed the command: "Sell all thou hast, and give it to the poor." He built up as a young man one of the most lucrative legal practices in India, then devoted all his possessions except the last wad or two of rags to succoring the needy. During the Boer war he turned the other cheek to Great Britain by organizing Indian Red Cross units, served with such passive, non-violent...
Because he made a "seditious utterance" in praise of Mahatma Gandhi, the Mayor of Calcutta, Mr. J. M. Sengupta was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment last week, while he sat mute and motionless in court, refusing to make any defense. When the Mahatma came to the village of Ankhi on his walk he rebuked the inhabitants for their passive refusal to allow the local British police to buy food. "It is against religious principles to starve anyone," said the saint. "I would suck snake's poison even from General Dyer, should he be bitten...
...Milwaukee the Chicago Wishbones, deaf and dumb basketball team, played the Milwaukee Silent Club, also deaf and mute. The referee, who had trouble making himself understood because he did not know sign-language, was annoyed by a strange, mocking noise that issued from the throats of the deaf and dumb spectators, hurrrumphgffheeeeeeeee. The Wishbones...
Voice, fiddle, and flute, no longer be mute, I'll lend ye my name and inspire ye to boot...
...plain by this time, however, that their efforts would be of little avail, for the flames were already showing signs of subsiding through sheer lack of sustaining fuel. At 5.30 o'clock this morning, the smouldering embers and skeleton walls were a mute testimony to the tinderbox qualities and inadequacy of Soldier Field's superannuated and condemned athletic center...