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[1884]

I	wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to him myself. In this note not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked adequate punishment for it, and closed with a request to him not to punish himself for my offence. I also pledged myself never to steal in future.

An Autobiography, Pt. I, Ch. VIII

July 4, 1888

I	hope that some of you will .follow in my footsteps, and after you return from England you will work wholeheartedly for big reforms in India.

[From Gujarati]

Kathiawar Times, 12-7-1888