Question

what does the author mean when he says to get our​

Answer 1

Answer:

Subject' means 'to experience or undergo'. 'Ordeal' means 'an unpleasant prolonged experience'. As mentioned in the passage, "If he proposes an experiment for society, he must first subject himself to its ordeal."

The line 'he must first subject himself to its ordeal' means that Gandhiji must first experience the ordeal or 'unpleasant experience', (which is the experiment) before making the society go through it.