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thought of applying and working out this theory on a mass scale to solve all social and political problems. In 1926 he observed as under :
"It has been my experience that I am always true (correct) from my point view, and often wrong from the point of my critic : I know that we are both right from our respective points" Mr. Stephen Hay an American scholar and historian quotes Gandhiji saying as under:"
"I very much like this doctrine of many-ness of reality. It is this doctrine that has taught me to judge a Muslim from his stand point and a Christian from his. From the platform of Jains I prove non creative aspect of God, and from that of Ramanuja the creative aspect. As amatter of fact we are all thinking of the unthinkable, describing the indescribable, seeking to know the unknown, and that is why our speech falters, is inadequate and often contradictory."
History of all conflicts and confronations in the world is the history of intolerance born out of ignorance. Difficulty with the man is his egocentric
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