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heads of our nncient-religion, phil. rising generation to recorer their evil in onr souls" of which the
sphy, art and literature and lost spiritual and intcilectral heri. writer cumpline, care into being. prur the revivifying influences of tage. It cannot be denied that A painful but necessary work had mir immemorial Aryan spirit and this double effort to realine the to be done, and because the English ideale into our political and ceono- past and the future has been the nation were the fittest instrument inic development. This is the idenl distinguishing temperament and the for his purpose, God led them all the Karmoyngin holds before it, chief uplifting force in the move- over the thousards of miles of and our outlook And Dr Conmara- ment, and it cannot be denied that alien Occan, gave trength to their mwamy's do not substantially differ. it is bringing back to our young henrts and subtlety to their brain, Bilt in judying our present activi- muen orginality, aspiration and and set them up in Indin to do HIN NA WA cannot look, he doen, energy. By this force the char. work, which they have been doing from purely artistic and idenlis- Arter, temper and action of the faithfully, if blindly, ever since and tie standpoint, but ratst act and Bengali has been altero beyond doing at the prevent moment. write in the spirit of a praction recognition in a few years. To ruime 'The spirit and ideals of India dealism.
the mind, character and tnstos of had come to be confine The debaseinent of our mind, the jkople, to recover the ancient in a mould which, however bra character and tastes by a grossly nobility of temper, the strong Arynn tiful, Will the narrow and slender commercial, materialistic and in character and the high Aryan out to bear the mightly burden of our infficient European education in look, the perceptions which made futur. When that happens the fiuct on which the young National carthly life beantiful and wonder mul has to be broken and en 141n has always insisted. The pre ful, and the magnificent spiritual the ideal lost for a while.in tical destruction of our artistic experiency, realisations and aspira- onler to be recover free of con perceptions and the plastic skill tions which made us the deepest straint and limitation. We have to and fineness of eye and hand which -hearted, deepest-thoughted and recover the Arynn spirit and ideal unee gure our productions pre-emi- most delicately profound in life of and keep it intact but enshrined in
enes distinction and mastery of all the peoples of the earth, in the new forms and more expansive in the European tanrkets, is also a tusk next in importance and urgen- stitutions. We have to treasure thing accomplished. Most vital of cy. We had hoped by means of N- jealously everything in our social all, the spiritual and intellectnational Education to nfluct this great structure, manners, institntions. divorou from the pist which the object is well us to restore to our which is of permanent value, un present schools and universities youth the intellectual heritage of tial to mir wpirit or helpful to the have effected, hng beggared the the nation and build up on that brisis future; but we must not cabin the nation of the originality, high way yot gronter culture in the futuro expanding and aggressive spirit of quation and forceful energy which we must admit that the instrument India in temporary forms which are can alune make a nation in and which we cherished and for which the creation of the last few ho Kreti. Toto verse the process and such sacrifices were made, brus dred years. That woull beam renover what we have list, is un. proved installient and threatens, an disastrons endeavour. The doubtedly the first object to which in untitl ed to lose its moulil is broken; we must reme wiwught to devote ourselves. And promise of fulfilment and be diver. in larger outlines and with anche As the loss of originality, inspiration tod to lower ends. But the content. For the work of destru and energy was the most vital of Inovennent is greater than its instru- tion England was best fitted by he all the losses, Ho their recuvery ments. We must strive to prevent stubborn individuality and ly that should be our tirst and most impor.
the destruction of that which we very commerenulisan anda ! tant objective. The primary aim have crvand, in the meanwhile, in which made her the ne of the prophets of Nationalism was build up a cutter of culture, freer in temper and culture of the tosid the nation of the idea that and more prettuct, which will wither she governed. She wils chosen to. the future wits limited by the cir. permeate the other with itsulf' or for the unrivalledaliciency and shill
e s vf the present, that replace it if destroyed. Fmally, the with which she has organist brecalls temporary causs hat
artistic awakeniny has been cul individualiste und naterialist brought a low and made u* weak, menoud by that young, living and democracy. We had to come .. low therefore must be our aims and energetic school which has gathered cluse quarters with that democruWeak nur niet beds. They winter round the Master and originator, tic guinntion, draw it inte the mind of the people to get
Sj. Alumindenth "Tigore. The Helve and burb the dem tad spended destiny, not in some impulse which this school is giving, spirit and to thoils so that we castant millennium but in the coin its pro artistic recovery of the In,
beyond then. [wratavely Dear future, and tired the past, its intuitive anticipations of half-stutie half-thews. heart of the young men with the future, have to be popularise fowladim hud to be brukt burning desire to realise the and m e in national possession in order that the de \]mcalyptic vision. A * Dr. Coomaraswamy complains of spirit of the Vecanta might be justification of what might
the survivals of the past in the pre- ed and, by aburbing wil that otherwise have seemed dream parations for the future. But no needed of the aristocratic and the and as an inexhaustible source of movement, hower vigorous, can ocratie culture, create for the lud
hurgy and inspiration, they point- throw ott' in few years tho otfouts CCA now and powerful political od persistently to the gront achievo of whiulo century. We must und wular Organisation w hen ments and grandioso civilisation of remember also why the degradation to earn and use the trenirati our forefathers and callod on thu and donationalisation, the mighty principle and methods of Europe,
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