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...article should have been printed under Business, as it was not saintmanship but salesmanship that was the goal of the author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 12, 1960 | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

...India in tennis shoes, seven days a week, year after year, persuading the rich to give their land to the poor. Koestler rather admired him, but doubted his final effectiveness. When the fervid hordes who follow him got out of hand, Koestler observed, Bhave "gave an astonishing display of saintmanship," zigzagging through the crowd at a trot, pushing and shoving them into awed order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ex-Commissar v. the Yogis | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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