In a letter which Rabindranath Tag<ir«*. Hindu poet and political leader wr«rte to a Christian missionary, tlie moral and psychological wisdom of India is shown at (its purest, Choice' extracts are :—“Your Western mind is too much obsessed with the idea of conquest. Your inveterate habit of proselytism is anoti'os? fonn of it. Christ never preached any dogma or doctrine. He preached the love of God. . . Preaching yo.y doctrine is no sacrifice at all—it is indulging in a luxurv far more dangerous than f.U luxuries of material living. , . If you have in you ftride of race pride of sect anu' pride ot personal superiority stripng, there is no use trying to do good to other's. . - On (the spiritual plane you cannot do good until you are good."
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 775, 13 October 1922, Page 8
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