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31. Read the following speech and prepare notes for the same.
Excerpt from the speech of Arnold Toynbee when he came to India after the II World War:
I understand that Gandhiji made it impossible for the people of my country to go on ruling
India, and at the same time he did this in a way that made it possible for the British to
withdraw without irretrievable discredit or disgrace. I should say that Ganuniji's service to
my country has been not much less great than his service to his own country. I do not think
this is an exaggeration. It is comparatively easy to take possession of an empire; but it is
fearfully difficult to give up possession when once it has been acquired. When a
government meets with resistance, however legitimate morally, it is so easy for it to fall
into trying to maintain its authority by force; and, once the struggle has taken a violent
form, there is no happy way out for either party, and no creditable way either, for the ruling
party at any rate. This has been one of the commonest tragedies of history. Gandhiji saved
Britain, as well as India from that, and he did it by inspiring the people of India to keep the
struggle on a spiritual plane that was above the level of mere politics.​

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take of an empire; but it is

take of an empire; but it isfearfully difficult to give up possession when once it has been acquired. When a

take of an empire; but it isfearfully difficult to give up possession when once it has been acquired. When agovernment meets with resistance, however legitimate morally, it is so easy for it to fall

take of an empire; but it isfearfully difficult to give up possession when once it has been acquired. When agovernment meets with resistance, however legitimate morally, it is so easy for it to fallinto trying to maintain its authority by force; and, once the struggle has taken a violent

form, there is no happy way out for either party, and no creditable way either