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Started by u v babu srinivas
Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:17
lofty ideals
Author: u v babu srinivas
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:17
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:17
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Gandhi once adviced a textile manufacturer to round up the stray dogs in his industrial premises and kill them. This invited lot of criticism and even threats of physical assualt from many people. "What else could be done?" Gandhi remarked. This was offensive to Hinduism, critics yelled. They charged, among other things, that he had succumbed to Western inhumanity. His reply stung. "The ideal of humanity in the West," he began softly, "is perhaps lower, but their practice of it is very much more thorough than ours. We rest content with a lofty ideal and are slow or lazy in its practice." -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Re: lofty ideals
Author: Deepak Narain
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:07
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:07
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From udumudi@vanilla (u v babu srinivas): >His reply stung. "The ideal of humanity in the West," he began softly, >"is perhaps lower, but their practice of it is very much more thorough >than ours. We rest content with a lofty ideal and are slow or lazy in >its practice." If we are talking about the same Gandhi here, there is also another story about him...this is how I rememeber it: Reporter: What do you think about western civilization. Gandhi: I think that it would be a good idea. Draw your own conclusions. -- deepak
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