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 the hospital, being badly wounded. For Satyagrahis it was not a bad beginning. No country had ever risen,, no nation had ever been made without sacrifice, and we were trying an experiment of building up ourselves by self -sacrifice without resorting to violence in any shape or form. That was a Satyagrahi. From Satyagraha standpoint the people s case in Delhi was weak, in that the crowd refused to disperse when asked to do so, and demanded the release of the two arrested men. Both acts were wrong. It was arrest and imprisonment they sought for by resorting to civil disobedience. In this movement it was open to Satyagrahis to disobey only those laws which are selected by the Committee contemplated in the Pledge. Before being able to offer effective civil disobedience, we must acquire habits of discipline, self-control and qualities of leadership and obedience. Till these qualities were developed and till the spirit of Satyagraha has permeated large bodies of men and women, Mr. Gandhi said he had advised that only such laws as can be individually disobeyed should be selected for disobedience, as, while disobeying certain selected laws, it was incumbent on the people to show their law abiding character by respecting all the other laws.

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