Word: satyagrahi
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...voluntarily. Why not register, he told them, if we do it freely? Gandhi was the first to register, but he was brutally clubbed by one of his own countrymen who felt registration would sacrifice principle. To Gandhi, this trust in Smuts' word was the essence of Satyagraha, for "the Satyagrahi bids good-bye to fear," he wrote. "Even if the opponent plays him false twenty times, the Satyagrahi is ready to trust him for the twenty-first time, for an implicit trust in human nature is the very essence of his creed...
...neither Saint nor Mahatma" [i. e. 'Great Soul'], he told the clamoring worshipping populace gravely. "You must not think me supernatural. I am only a satyagrahi [one who practices truth force, love force, soul force]. I am but a humble servant. I am only common clay...
Catching sight of a policeman in the crowd?the same policeman who arrested him for making salt at Dandi year ago (TIME, April 14)?Satyagrahi Gandhi called out: "You know I am on my way to make salt again?and will you arrest me once again...
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