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I Have Even Seen The Writings Suggesting That I Am Playing A Deep Game, That I Am Using The Present Turmoil To Foist My Fads On India, And Am Making Religious Experiments At India's Expense. I Can Only Answer That Satyagraha Is Made Of Sterner Stuff. There Is Nothing Reserved And Nothing Secret In It.

-Mahatma Gandhi

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I Have Even Seen

Mahatma Gandhi

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I Have Even Seen The Writings Suggesting That I Am Playing A Deep Game, That I Am Using The Present Turmoil To Foist My Fads On India, And Am Making Religious Experiments At India's Expense. I Can Only Answer That Satyagraha Is Made Of Sterner Stuff. There Is Nothing Reserved And Nothing Secret In It.

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