{"id":772,"date":"2013-07-13T01:30:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=772"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:18","slug":"26-swadeshi-in-calcutta-speech-vol-27-supplement-volume-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/27-supplement-volume-27\/26-swadeshi-in-calcutta-speech-vol-27-supplement-volume-27","title":{"rendered":"-26_Swadeshi in Calcutta (Speech).htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSwadeshi
\nin Calcutta *<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n                       
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span>A<\/b><\/font>  <\/span>SWADESHI
\nmeeting was held on Wednesday evening at which Mr. Aurobindo Ghose delivered a
\nlengthy speech, in the course of which he said:- The 16th of October has become
\nthe chief landmark of the year, not only the chief landmark of the year, but the
\nlandmark of the progress of our movement, the movement of Swadeshi and boycott,
\nwhich we undertook in the year when the Partition was effected. We see on that
\nday how far it has progressed; or if it has receded, how far it has receded.
\nEvery kind of obstruction is being thrown in our way. You know efforts have been
\nmade to mar the attendance at meetings. It is supposed that the meetings are
\nmainly composed of students. It is a delusion which the authorities cannot get
\nrid of. Our associations have been suppressed. We are carrying on this Swadeshi
\nmovement without organisation, without proper instruments and without proper
\nequipment. We have to face any number of temptations and obstacles and also
\nintimidation. In spite of all that we cling to the movement, and we go on with
\nit. One message we can give you under such circumstances. It is to hold firm.
\nRemember this, that whether we look to our own efforts to raise the nation or
\nwhether we look to our rulers nothing can be done by the weak and nothing is
\ngiven to the weak. Remember that the people of England do not understand
\nweakness. They only understand strength. Remember this, they do not understand
\nthose who aspire to height and yet flinch. They only understand resolution,
\nstead- fastness and determination. If we are defeated" it is in order to
\nlearn how to conquer. If we are suppressed, it is in order to learn how to rise
\nirresistibly, and if we for a moment recoil, it is that we may leap forward more
\nswiftly further on.<\/p>\n

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\nOctober 13, 1909<\/p>\n

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\nReport of a Speech delivered on October 13, 1909 in Calcutta
\nas reported in the Times of
\nIndia <\/i>of October 15.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

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