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VALIDITY IN NATURE
killed him. Violence will not do this, only suffering love will, since the former is contrary to reality itself, while the latter is not. Thus non-violence is not based on the presumed civilized sensibilities of the opponent, but in the very nature of the universe. It rests on the recognition that one can determine the nature of his own actions. He cannot will another's for him; he can only hope that his own action will sooner or later produce a similar re-action. Love cannot be commanded. One cannot force another to love him. He can only do those things, which will stimulate love in the other.
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That the means used determine whether or not the end sought is reached, is a self-evident truth for It is intuitively obvious that evil means cannot bring about ends ultimately. There is abundant evidence that the sue of evil or violence augments, rather than diminishes, evil or violence. How many wars in man's history have been fought, supposedly to end war, and yet have only given birth to further ones. Wars do not solve problems. The wars only result in the continuation of evils in a different context. On the other hand, we do have instances of positive results achieved through non-violence.
One was when King Ashoka walked on to the battle field and saw for himself the results of his blood bath. He then gave up war and India had a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Another is in twentieth century India which has given us the great example of Gandhi and his non-violent liberation of India from Britain. His counterpart in America was
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