INDIAN NATIONALITY. 1£

tion, or fail to appreciate the merits of Europeans as suchr
but because we think that a whole world of Europeans
would be a poor place, quite as. poor as a whole world of"
Indians or Chinamen. "We feel it then our duty to realise-
our unity and national self-consciousness in concrete form
as much for the advantage of others as of ourselves; and1
this without any f eeling of bitterness or exclusiveness
towards other races, though perhaps for a time such feel-
ings may be inevitable. And to show what spirit moves
us we have such a statement of belief in the unity of the
Indian people, as the credo of Shiv Narayen; and the
beautiful national song, called c Bande Mataram' (4 Hail!.
Motherland') which expresses the aims and the power of
the awakened Indian nation, as the Marseillaise embodied
the ideal of awakened France, or as those of Ireland are-
expressed in the songs of Ethiia Oarberry.

Their words are not the hysterical utterance of a-
people uncertain of their unity or doubtful of their future.
They express the Indian recognition of the Motherland,,
their quiet but profound assurance of her greatness and
their consciousness of the high calling which is hers. They
voice the hope of an INDIAN NATION, which shall not
be disappointed.