OBITER DICTA	307
We see Hindu and Musalman musicians sitting
cheek by jowl and partaking in musical concerts. When
shall we see the same fraternal union in other affairs of
our life ? We shall then have the name of Rama and
Rahman simultaneously on our lips.
Toung India,  15-4-'26
Parties
If we have no charity, and no tolerance, we shall
never settle our differences amicably and must there-
fore always submit to the arbitrament of a third party,
i.e.  to foreign  domination.
Toung India,  17-4->24
No school of thought can claim a monopoly of right
judgment. We are all liable to err and are often obliged
to revise our judgments. In a vast country like this, there
must be room for all schools of honest thought. And the
least_5 therefore, that we owe to ourselves as to others is
to try to understand the opponent's viewpoint and_a If
we cannot accept it, respect it as fully as we would expect
him to respect ours. It is one of the indispensable tests
of a healthy public life and, therefore, fitness for Swaraj.
Toung India,  17-4-'24
Politics
To see the universal and all-pervading spirit of Truth
face to face one must be able to love- the meanest of
creation as oneself. And a man who aspires after that
cannot afford to keep out of any field of life. That is
why my devotion to Truth has drawn me Into the field
of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation
and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion
has nothing to do with politics do not know what
religion means.
An Autobiography■, p. 504