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 CHAPTER XXIV

LOKAMANYA TILAK AND MAHATMA GANDHI.

Yet this is not the whole man. You cannot say this is he, that is he. All that you can say with certainty is that he is here, he is there. Everywhere his influence reigns, his .autho- rity rules, his elusive personality pervades ; and this must be so, for it is true of all great men that they are incalculable, beyond definition. They partake of the nature of the Illimitable and the Eternal from which they have sprung and to which they are bound. With their feet firm-set on earth and their hands among the stars, they are pointers of the way to those who search, encouragers of the faint and weary, inspirers of those breathing in deep draughts of hope. H. 5. Polak on M. K. Gandhi.

NOW that Lokamanya Tilak, the Hercules of Indian nationahsm is no more and Mahatma Gandhi has succeeded to the leadership of the country, it will not be out of place to compare and contrast some of their character estics. It goes without saying, that the lives of both Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi were dedicated to the cause of the country. Mr. Tilak had a prevision of his ultimate destiny while yet a college student. Immediately after passing the LL. B. examination, he set his back on the emoluments of the legal profession and the prospect of becoming a High Court Judge an^