The Pilgrims' March/Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
MRS. SAROJINI NAIDU'S MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE OF BOMBAY
At All Times—Under All Conditions—At All Costs
Conquer By Love and Self-Sacrifice.
The Soul of India cannot be silent nor the Spirit of Freedom denied its mainfold miracles of self-fulfilment.
The road to Swaraj is fast becoming a pilgrimage of Joyous suffering and sacrifice, and the prisons of India the true temples of Indian liberty.
The ever-lengthening story of the arrests and imprisonment of our brave leaders and fellow-workers everywere, the poignant courage of their farewell messages, the noble gesture of their victorious martyrdom form a thrilling and immortal chapter in the annals of our national struggle and achievement.
But not less splendid nor less worthy of our tribute is the attitude of proud serenity and self-restraint on the part of the people of the stricken Provinces in the face of such a blind and bitter fury of shameless repression and tyranny.
It is alike our duty and our previlege in this great city to consecrate all our time and thought, our energies and activities to the furtherance of this high doctrine and discipline of inviolate and invincible peace at all times, under all conditions, and at all costs.
Unfaltering in our purpose, unflinching in our devotion, let us fearlessly proclaim the faith within us and prove to an incredulous world that the soldiers of Swaraj win their deliverance from bondage not by the sword of harted and destruction, but by the diviner weapons of love and self-sacrifice, in accordance with their own ancient tradition of spiritual power.