Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rolland says there is no reason why a Westerner should not understand Gandhi's doctrine as well as Gandhi understands those of our great men for it should not be forgotten that this Asiatic believer has translated Ruskin, and Plato and quotes Thoreau, admires Mazzini, reads Edward Carpenter, and that he is, in short, familiar with the best that Europe and America have produced. According to M. Rolland, Gandhi's fundamental argument is against modern civilization, which he says is civilization in name only and that in reality it corresponds to what ancient Hinduism called the dark ages...
...years past there has been dirt upon the American stage, but it has been American dirt. It has been foulness which Americans could understand and, while it represented what was lowest in American life, was still human and not beastly...
...match will be played not only to help the members of the squad understand the principles and theories of the game, but also for any outsiders who are interested in basketball. No admission will be charged...
...crime of which I am held guilty, or if your moral scruples do not permit you to do as the law you are supposed to administer bids you, please vacate the chair and come over to join me in this stand. I know and understand the British laws and it so far as they are concerned of plead guilty'. Mr. Gandhi added that according to the eternal law of truth he was right in loving his motherland and that if not sentenced he would continue pursuing his policies in the interest of the freedom of his country and the vindication...
...prime requisite, therefore, is to get real leaders--men of wide education and ability, men who can understand the feelings of the various sections of the country and yet have the strength to make up their own minds and draw their parties after them. In fact the foundation of liberal and conservative parties to replace the present system, while easy to talk about, is quite impossible to achieve unless leaders arise of such force of character as to amalgamate them by their own efforts. Roosevelt almost made a Progressive party, but with his death, the party died...