Indian civilisation in all its branches,--religion, education, art,
industry, home life and government,--is healthy, spiritual,
beautiful and good. It has become corrupted in the course of
centuries, but that is largely the result of the cruelty and
aggression of the Muhammadans in former times and now of the
British. The Indian patriot must toil to restore Indian life and
civilisation.
Western civilisation in all its parts,--religion, education, art,
business and government,--is gross, materialistic and therefore
degrading to India. The patriotic Indian must recognise the grave
danger lurking in every element of Western influence, must hate it,
and must be on his guard against it.
India ought to be made truly Indian. There is no place for
Europeans in the country. Indians can manage everything far better
than Europeans can. The British Government, Missions, European
trade and Western influence of every kind, are altogether unhealthy
in India. Everything should belong to the Indians themselves.
Hence it is a religious duty to get rid of the European and all the
evils that attend him. The better a man understands his religion,
the more clear will be his perception that Europeans and European
influence must be rooted out. All means for the attainment of this
end are justifiable. As Krishna killed Kamsa, so the modern Indian
must kill the European demons that are tyrannically holding India
down. The bloodthirsty goddess Kali ought to be honoured by the
Indian patriot. Even the Baghavad Ghita was used to teach murder.
Lies, deceit, murder, everything, it was argued, may be rightly
used.
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