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Word: satyagrahis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...

Author: By John G. Wofford, | Title: Gandhi's Sword in Alabama | 3/28/1956 | See Source »

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