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ocean, or all drown at once. The fate of all is tied in one. It is the concerted efforts of all that can take the barque of humanity safe across the ocean. If humanity yields to separate individual interests, the entire race will be ruined. Nothing can be gained without rising above the level of individual interests.
Universal Humanity
Man, do you hate your fellow-man in the name of caste, creed or nationality ? My dear friend, all these distinctions are false and imaginary, Where is the justification for any distinction between man and man? Why should there be any conflict or hatred ? Pull down all these barriers that divide man from man. Go round the world, singing songs of universal humanity. The really great man is he who submerges all these apparent distinctions and discovers the fundamental unity behind them.
Great Men and Public
All really great men are interested in doing some good to the ignorant public and dispelling their ignorance. But unfortunately, the public fails to realise their intentions and oppose them. This is why great men have ever received nothing but contempt, condemnation and persecution from the public.
We may cite the story of a dog to bring home this point. There was a dog. He thrust his head into a jar ful! of sweets. In the mean time there was a little noise and the dog tried to run away. In this haste the jar was broken and the rim of the jar remained hanging around the neck of the dog. Seeing this, a kind-hearted man took pity upon the dog and ran after him with a stick in his hand in order to break
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