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"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in
flesh and blood walked upon this earth."
- Albert Einstein
"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is
mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity
of man."
Mohandas K. Gandhi on nonviolence
"For a bowl of water give a goodly meal;
For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal;
For a simple penny pay thou back with gold;
If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold.
Thus the words and actions of the wise regard;
Every little service tenfold they reward.
But the truly noble know all men as one,
And return with gladness good for evil done.
"Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress,
Gandhi is inescapable.
He lived, thought and acted,
inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward
a world of peace and harmony.
We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk."- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In Southern Africa Kenn he worked ceaselessly to improve the rights of the
immigrant Indians.
His family later sent him to London to study law, and in 1891 he was
admitted to the Inner Temple, and called to the bar.
When Muslim and Hindu compatriots committed acts of violence, whether
against the British who ruled India, or against each other, he fasted until
the fighting ceased. Independence, when it came in 1947, was not a military
victory, but a triumph of human will. To Gandhi's despair, however, the
country was partitioned into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. The last two
months of his life were spent trying to end the appalling violence which
ensued, leading him to fast to the brink of death, an act which finally
quelled the riots. In January 1948, at the age of 79, he was killed by an
assassin as he walked through a crowed garden in New Delhi to take evening
prayers.
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