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16 its being manufactured in foreign countries. When Swadeshi pervades the country every one will be set a-thinking why cotton should not be refined and spun and woven in the place where it is produced. and when the Swadeshi mantra resounds in every ear millions of men will have in their hands the key to the economic salvation of India. Training tor this does not require hundreds of years. When the religious sense is awakened people’s thoughts undergo a revolution in a single moment. Only selfless sacrifice is the sine qua non. The spirit of sacrifice pervades the Indian atmosphere at the present moment. It we fail to preach Swadeshi at this supreme moment we shall have to wring our hands in despair. I beseech every Hindu, Mussalman, Sikh, Parsi, Christian and Jew, who believes that he belongs to this country to take the Swadeshi vow and to ask others also to do likewise It is my humble belief that if we cannot do even this little for our country, we are born in it in vain. Those who think deep will see that such Swadeshi contains pure economics. I hope that every man and woman will give serious thought to my humble suggestion. Imitation of English economics will spell our ruin.