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Christ of denial of all rights; is there a Christ of destruction of all holy aims and human immemorial institutions; is there a Christ of injustice and exorbitant taxation for the support of a government, foreign to our knowledge, our thought, our religion and our consent? Which of these Christs has inscribed his name on the banner of your conquests? If you seek to conquer us under such banners, and in the name of such Christs, we refuse to be conquered. But, if you come to us in the name and spirit the Christ of education, of brotherhood, universal love, or in the name of that Christ, who, in the valley of the Ganges, and on the shores of the sea of Tiberius, taught and said, 'A new commandment give unto you, that ye love one another' then I say, we will welcome you, for him we know, and of him we are not afraid. MIXED REACTIONS IN BOMBAY
There are always two kinds of people
One type collects censure and poison to spread them around, while the other type gathers sweetness from wherever they can get it and presents to the world, the essence of beauty.
A person of the first type is like a fly from whom clean people prefer to keep away.
One who belongs to the second type is like a bee, whom people approach to obtain the essence of goodness and virtue. When Virchandbhai returned to India from America, he came across both kinds of people.
One would imagine that when a person returns to the lap of his Motherland after so successfully representing his religion, he is sure to be received like a favourite son of the land. But some of own bretheren could not share his joy.
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