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dience, no matter what danger there is of violence, but I shall certainly give up the idea of starting mass civil disobedience so long as there is a certain danger of violence. Individual civil disobedience stands on a different footing.
(6) There is no question of disbanding anyVolunteer Corps, but the names of those who do not conform to the Congress pledge have certainly to be removed from the list if we are to be honest.
(7) If we have understood the essential parts of non-violence, we can but come to one conclusion, that any eruption of widespread violence and I call the* Ohaiari Chaura tragedy widespread for the purpose automatically stops mass civil disobedience. That many other parts of tha country have nobly responded to the spirit of non-violence is good, but it is not good' enough to continue mass civil disobedience even as a most peaceful meeting is disturbed if one man obstructs or commits violence. Mass civil disobedience for becoming successful requires a non-violent environment*. The reason for restricting it to one single small area is to prevent violence elsewhere. It, therefore, means^ that mass civil disobediece in a particular area is- possible when the other areas passively co-operate by remaining non-violent.
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