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The Jaina Philosophy that I speak of, but a spirit, a universal spirit of love and power and answerable for the practical realization of brotherhood, the brotherhood not only of men, but of all living things, which by the prophets of all nations is indeed taught, but which by the practice of the world is yet ignored.
This is the message of India to America. I have delivered it, conscious of my own weakness and inability to do justice to the spirit in which it was sent, and gratefully conscious also of that charity and brotherly love characteristic of your nation, in which it will be received.
I will now conclude with a prayer, which in India, we daily offer :
"May peaces rule the universe; may peace rule in kingdoms and empires; may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates; may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies."
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