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Appendix - IV given by him in my church was, in my opinion, a most scholarly production, both in matter and form, and showed a through grasp of Oriental Philosophy. Mr. Gandhi has a fine command of the English tongue, and his altogether a most interesting man in every way.
- Rev. R. A. White, Chicago
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During the meeting of the parliament of Religions at Chicago. I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Gandhi's address upon the Jains' of India, and also of a brief personal conversation with him. He impressed me as one of the brainiest and most stirring of the representatives of the Far East. I know of no one from whom I would prefer to hear concerning the life and thought of the great people he represents.
- Rev. Addison Parker Pastor Leading Baptist Church, LaPorte, Ind.,
Dec. 2, 1893
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Virchand R. Gandhi, the Jain Hindu of Bombay, has been accorded the greatest ovation ever granted to a speaker at Cassadaga. Saturday afternoon when he stepped forword in his silken robe of royal purple and golden-coloured turban and sash, the auditorium fairly rang with applause, and when he finished his speech which was announced as 'Some Mistakes Corrected? he was recalled again and again.
- Buffalo Courier, Aug. 19, 1894
Mr. Gandhi, is a through student of the Vedic religion of India, thoroughly conversant with the Brahminical tenets and the teachings of Buddha. He illumines them, all with the spiritual halo
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