{"id":808,"date":"2013-07-13T01:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=808"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:30:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:33","slug":"17-lala-lajpatrai-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\/17-lala-lajpatrai-vol-27-supplement-volume-27","title":{"rendered":"-17_Lala Lajpatrai.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nLala
\nLajpatrai<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n    W<\/b>e
\npublish elsewhere the last letter we received from Lala Lajpatrai previous to
\nhis sudden deportation. Great has been the good fortune of the Punjab leader in
\nbeing selected as the first and noblest victim on the altar of Motherland. But
\nfor our part, we may be pardoned if we indulge a feeling of regret and grief at
\nthe sudden parting from a friend. We have not been acquainted with Lajpatrai for
\nvery long but even these brief months of acquaintance and increasing friendship
\nhave been enough to feel the charm of his personality. There was always in
\nLajpatrai a singular union of tenderness with strength, of quietness with
\nfervour, a ready sympathy in kindly feeling which could not fail to attract.
\nThis sympathy and kindliness is evident in the warm phrases of appreciation he
\nwrote to us. And there is a touch in his subscription to the letter which
\nsubsequent events have brought startlingly home to us –
\n"An humble servant of the Motherland, Lajpatrai." Happy is he, for his
\nMother has accepted his service and given it the highest reward for which a<\/p>\n

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\npatriot can hope, the privilege of not merely serving but suffering for her.
\nWhen India raises statues to the heroes and martyrs of her emancipation, it will
\ninscribe on his the simple and earnest phrase which remains behind to us as his
\nmodest boast and his sufficient message.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


\nBande Mataram, <\/i>May 11, 1907
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


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