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is on common ground with the rest of his fellow-subjects in India. The conference was taken as a whole a great success. The presence of the intelligent Ruler of Baroda, and the Yuvraja added to the dignity and importance of the gathering
One of the speakers dwelt upon the necessity of husbanding the resources of the community, and on the great expense incurred by these gatherings. While we admit the general weight of the observation, we think it essential to draw the attention of the public to the principal that moral, political and educational, gains are not to be measured by the rupees, annas and pies they cost. The propagation of sound ideas, or the promotion of national union are ends invaluable in themselves, and no sensible person will count the cost in mere rupees without reflecting on the immense moral acquisition we make by such sacrifices. Of course mere pageantry ought to be shunned as also those accessories which simply feed empty vanity, We ought also to remember that public agitation on a large scale has a priceless educational worth and that it promotes general objects in a way which schools and libraries would fail to secure in a generation. We are of course speaking generally; and would not be understood as encouraging extravagance in any form. The Jains are a shrewd practical people, and must be left to decide for themselves, whether their object can be achieved by less costly methods. Some times of their programme are such that nothing but well considered and well organized action is needed. It is for the commanity to decide whether instead of holding a conference next year, they may not with advantage apply their energies for two or three years to the accomplishment or initiation of some of the excellent resolutions they have passed at the late conference.
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