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but has inspiring visions for the future. Satyendranath Datta has sung in Bengali for whole India :

"Futureward we cast gleeful longing glance." Kumudnath Lahiri's call, also, is the message of futurism : " Why to manhood this insult, — why ? Mind not the present source of grief; The fetters of swoon to pieces shatter Bold with eyes on future far."

The " criticism of life/' finally, in the humanist art presented by Tagore, Coomaraswamy, and Aurobinda Ghosh, is — Futureward Ho !