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The Pure Love Of One Soul Can Offset The Hatred Of Millions.

I Call The Lancashire Trade Immoral, Because It Was Raised And Is Sustained On The Ruin Of Millions Of India's Peasants.

Blind Adoration, In The Age Of Action, Is Perfectly Valueless, Is Often Embarrassing And, Equally, Often Painful.

If I Seem To Take Part In Politics, It Is Only Because Politics Encircles Us Today Like The Coil Of A Snake From Which One Cannot Get Out, No Matter How Much One Tries. I Wish Therefore To Wrestle With The Snake.

I Have Even Seen The Writings Suggesting That I Am Playing A Deep Game, That I Am Using The Present Turmoil To Foist My Fads On India, And Am Making Religious Experiments At India's Expense. I Can Only Answer That Satyagraha Is Made Of Sterner Stuff. There Is Nothing Reserved And Nothing Secret In It.