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 LETTER TO MR. ANDREWS.

��[The following letter was addressed by Mr. Gandhi to Mr. C. F. Andrews from Sabarmati Jail, in answer to a letter express- ing deep regret that on account of the railway strike, he was not able to leave his work and go to him before the trial was ever. ]

Sabarmati Jail, March 17.

" My dear Charlie, I have just go,t your letter. You were quite right in not leaving your work. You should certainly go to Gurudev, and be with him as long as hs needs you. I would certainly like your going to the Ashram (Sabarmati), and staying there a while, when you are free. But I would not expect you to see me in jail ; I am as happy as a bird ! My ideal of a jail life especially that of a civil resister, is to be cut off entirely from all connection with the outside world. To be allowed a visitor is a privilege a civil resister may neither seek, nor receive, a pri- vilege. The religious value of jail discipline is enhanced by renouncing privileges. The forthcoming imprisonment will be to me more a religious than a political advantage. If it is a sacrifice, I want it to be the purest.

With love. Yours, Mohan.

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