gave him, in 1892, his first real lesson in ahimsa by teaching him to apply heroic passivity—if two such words may be linked—to public life by fighting evil, not by evil, but by love. A little later we will discuss this magic word of ahimsa, the sublime message of India to the world.
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Gandhi’s activity may be divided into two periods. From 1893 to 1914 its field was South Africa; from 1914 to 1922, India.
That Gandhi could carry on the South-African campaign for more than twenty years without awakening any
their efforts in paving the way have been deprecated. Gandhi, however, always realized their contribution to the cause and remained true to them, particularly to Gokhale, for whom he felt a deep and almost religious affection. He frequently speaks of Gokhale and Dadabhai as men whom Young India should venerate. (See “Hind Swaraj,” “Letter to the Parsees,” “Young India,” March 23, 1921, and the Confession of Faith, July 13, 1921.)
