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 which is clearly stated in the Satyagraha Pledge. Follow it, and you will find it will be your Kamadhenu. I hope there will be no resentment about my arrest. I have received what I was seeking either withdrawal of the Rowlatt Legislation or imprison- ment. A departure from truth by a hair's breadth, or violence committed against anybody, whether English- man or Indian, will surely damn the great cause the Satyagrahis are handling. I hope the Hindu-Muslim unity, which seems now to have taken firm hold of the people, will become a reality and I feel convinced that it will only be a reality if the suggestions I have ventured to make in my communication to the Press are carried out. The responsibility of the Hindus in the matter is greater than that of Muhamma- dans, they being in a minority and I hope they will discharge their responsibility in the manner worthy of their country. I have also made certain sugges- tions regarding the proposal of the Swadeshi vow. Now I commend them to your serious attention and you will find that, as your ideas of Satyagraha become matured, the Hindu-Muslim unity is but part of Satya- graha. Finally it is my firm belief that we shall obtain salvation only through suffering and not by reforms dropping on us from England, no matter how unstintingly they might be granted. The English are a great Nation, t>ut the weaker also go to the wall if they come in contact with them. When they are themselves courageous they have borne untold sufferings and they only respond to courage and sufferings and partnership with them is only possible after we have developed an indomitable courage and a faculty for unlimited suffering. There is a fundamental difference between their civilisation

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