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whom the followedhe prer the fast" wheney had sused to Foe fast with aller I went in thed me with their પેલાના પ્રેમની કદર ૧૪૯ "Not the Premier but Sir Samuel was the vehicle through whom the message of the fast had necessarily to go. But if you had followed all the statements I have made and even my letter to the Premier you would have seen that the fast was addressed to the millions who had faith in me, and who had surrounded me with their undying affection whenever I went in their midst. They understood the fast with all its implications, without any argument. For them, the political part of it was trivial, internal reform was everything. The latter is still going on. And remember the fast is only suspended, it may have to be resumed if people go off to sleep. When a lover fasts to prevent the loved one from going astray, it is not blackmail, it is the cry of an anguished heart ascending to heaven. Of such, in your language, is the music of the sphere made. My fast was a whip administered to lethargic love. "You ask why it was not administered ten years ago. The answer is God did not call me to it. He comes to wake you up when you least expect Him. His ways are not our ways. You will of course believe me when I say that I had then the same capacity for sacrifice that I seem to have now "Lastly, you should accept my judgment based on much ampler data than yours that the same settlement could not have been arrived at in London and that the Premier was not called upon in any way to decide on any question outside the Hindu-Muslim-Sikh tangle. Love to you all. - Bhai" Silence Day, 17-10-32
- સવારની પ્રાર્થના થઈ ગઈ અને ૪–૨૦ થઈ છે. તમારા સાતમીના લખેલે કાગળ મને ગઈ કાલે મળે. તમારા કાગળની કિમત છે કેટલી આક' છું તે તમે એટલા ઉપરથી જોઈ શકશો કે એને જવાબ આપવા માટે મારે કીમતીમાં કીમતી વખત મેં પસંદ કર્યો છે. તમારા કાગળની કિંમત તો એમાં છે કે એમાં તમારા પ્રેમનો અને તમારી સચ્ચાઈનો પડઘા પડે છે. મારા વિચારે ફેરવવા માટેની દલીલ તરીકે એની બહુ ઓછી કિંમત છે અથવા કશી કિંમત નથી. જે મારી ભૂલ થઈ હોય તો
