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by John Haynes Holmes
The Community Pulpit, April 10, 1921
I am going to speak to you this morning upon what I hope will be the interesting question as to who is the greatest man in the world today. In seeking an answer to this inquiry, I imagine that all of our minds instinctively go back to the days of the Great War, and run over the names of the men who held positions of vast responsibility and power in that stupendous conflict. Especially do we think of the great gathering of the war-leaders in Paris, in the opening months of the year 1919. Two years ago, at this time, we would all of us have agreed that if the greatest man in the world was anywhere, it was in this council of the premiers and statesmen of the Allied governments. These were the men who had been tested by the most awful peril which had ever threatened the civilization of the world, and who had brought out of that peril a victory which was as complete as it was sudden. Now they were being tested by the challenge of peace — by the great problem as to how to use a victory after it has been won. And it is just here, in this most rigorous of all tests, that these leaders of the nations failed. Who can say, in view of what
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MAHATMA GANDHI
THE MAN WHO BECAME ONE WITH THE UNIVERSAL BEING
BY
ROMAIN HOLLAND
TRANSLATED BY
CATHERINE D. GROTH
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MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI.
In connection with the present essay I wish to tender my affectionate thanks to my faithful collaborator, my sister, and to my friend, Kalidas Nag, whose deep knowledge and indefatigable kindness have guided my steps through the forest of Indian thought.
I also wish to thank the publisher, S. Ganesan of Madras, for having placed, spontaneously, his publications at my disposal.
The literal translation of Mahatma, the name which the people of India gave to Gandhi, is "the great Soul," maha, great; atma, soul. The word goes back to the Upanishads, where it is used in speaking of the Supreme Being, and, through communion of Knowledge and Love, of those who become One with Him:
"He is the One Luminous, Creator of All,
Mahatma,
Always in the hearts of the people enshrined.
Revealed through Love, Intuition, and Thought,
Whoever knows Him, Immortal becomes...."
Tagore, on a visit to Ashram, Gandhi's favorite retreat, quoted this stanza, referring to the Apostle.
MAHATMA GANDHI
PART ONE
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Causes & Terms
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- “The later depends ecstasy what awe do discredit the present.”
Most Known For:
- Nonviolent Resistance organize India fairy story South Africa.
- Helping to make India’s Autonomy from Unadulterated Britain.
Causes:
- Immigrant Rights
- Labor Rights
- Civil & Human Rights
- Economic Equality
Terms keep Know:
- caste
- Hinduism
- Jainism
- non-violence
- racism
- immigrant
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