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The afternoon session opened with a few words of cordial and hopeful Salutation from Dr. Carlvon Bergen of Sweden after which Mr. Virchand Gandhi, a lawyer of Bombay and one of the chief exponents of the Jain religion of that country spoke as follows:
Speech of Mr. Gandhi.
"Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will, not trouble you with a long speech. I, like muy respected friends, Mr. Mazoomdar and others, come from India the motherland of religions. I represent Jainism, & faith older than Budhhism, similar to it in its ethics, but different from it in its psychology and professed by a million and a half of India's most peaceful and law abiding citizens. You have heard so many speeches from eloquent inembers and as I shall speak later on at some length, I will, at present, only offer on behalf of my community and their high priest Muni-Atma Ramji, whom I especially represent here, our sincere thanks for the kind welcome you have given us.
This spectacle of the learned leaders of thought and religion meeting together on a common platform, and throwing light on religious problems, has been the dream of Atma Ramji's life, he has commissioned" me to say to you that he offers his most cordial congratulations on his own behalf, and on behalf
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