The Church drugs us with soothing and virtuous counsel, but guards carefully against embroiling herself with the powerful moreover, she gives advice, but sets no example. “In this crumbling world, there is no refuge, no hope. Listen to the tired intellectualism of post-war European decadence: Rolland and his school have turned their faces to the East in search of inspiration, and lo! they have discovered a new Evangel. Having probed the knowledge and experience of the West to its depths, only to arrive at despair and disillusionment, M.
How can so famous a man be mistaken, they will ask. Rolland’s articles will bring renewed faith. To those who have begun to doubt and waver in this food belief, M. Such an unexpected reinforcement from so distinguished an individual will doubtless add strength to the conviction of those who are already convinced that India’s peculiar mission is to spiritualise the world. Gandhi’s leadership up to the moment of his arrest, and upon this movement as a background, he constructs an image of the Mahatmaji as a new Messiah, come to save not India alone, but the entire world, and particularly warring Europe, by his doctrine of Suffering, Self-Sacrifice and Soul-Force. Rolland describes the progress of the Non-Cooperation Movement throughout the time of Mr.
In a series of articles, published early in the present year in the French magazine Europe, under the title of Mahatma Gandhi, M. It is matter fur some surprise that Indian nationalists of the spiritual school have not discovered the great contribution made to the literature of their creed by the celebrated French writer, Romain Rolland. Please credit “Marxists Internet Archive” as your source. You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work as well as make derivative and commercial works. Public Domain: Marxists Internet Archive (2023). Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for the Marxists’ Internet Archive. Evelyn Roy: Looking for New Illusions (6 September 1923)Įvelyn Roy Polemics and Discussions Looking for New Illusions (6 September 1923)įrom International Press Correspondence, Vol.
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