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It will have been seen, however, that the mass of the people, the villagers, occupied a social grade quite different from, and far above, our village folk. They held it degradation, to which only dire misfortune. would drive them, to work for hire. They were proud of their standing, their family, and their vil lage. And they were governed by headmen of their own class and village, very probably selected by themselves, in accordance with their own customs and ideals.
THE VILLAGE
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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