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Rh power on earth can stop the onward march of peaceful determined and godly people. M. K. GANDHI.
 * Sabarmati,
 * 8th December 1921.

Dear Shyam Babu,

The arrest of Mr. Das, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and others fills me with both grief and joy. My duty, I am sure, is now clear. I am offering myself for arrest this evening. I was about to leave for Bombay in a day or two to be with my dear mother and children after a long absence from them. I however, feel that in Bengal, where with my Bengali friends I have shared in their pleasures and very little in their pains and amongst whom I have earned my bread and butter, lay my duty. At this juncture therefore, I cannot leave the spot. If I am mistaken, my Ba and Babu, I have no doubt, will forgive me.

The Government say we defy them as enemies. I beg to differ. Our courting imprisonment, in my humble opinion, is only by way of humble protest against the manifold grievances the existence of which no one can truthfully deny.