478 EARLIER INDIAN SPEECHES
ocean being on fire. Who can quench that fire ? I can only offer myself as a sacrifice to be burnt in that fire, and I therefore ask you all to help in the attainment of the result that I desire out of my fast. May the love that lured you into unworthy acts awaken you to a sense of the reality, and if that love does continue to animate you, beware that I may not have to fast myself to death.
It seems that the deeds I have complained of have been done in an organised manner. There seems to be a definite design about them, and I am sure that there must be some educated and clever man or men behind them. They may be educated, but their education has not enlightened them. You have been misled into doing these deeds by such people I advise you never to be -o misguided, and I would ask them seriously to re- consider their views. To them and you I commend my book " Hind Swarajya" which, as I understand, may be printed and published without infringing the law thereby.
Among the mill-hands, the spinners have been on strike for some days. 1 advise them to resume work im- mediately and to ask for increase if they want any, only after resuming work, and in a reasonable manner. To resort to the use of force to get any increase is suicidal. I would specially advise all mill-hands to altogether eschew violence. It is their interest to do so and I remind them of the promises made to Anasuya Bai and me that they would ever refrain from violence, I hope that all will now resume work.
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