GANDHI MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND (1869-1948).

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GANDHI MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND (1869-1948).
Signed autograph letter, signed « M. K. Gandhi » and « Old Friend », Ahmedabad 18 September [circa 1916 ?, to his friend Hermann KALLENBACH] ; 4 pages in-8 format (borders reinforced with tape); in English. Fine letter written from his Ashram in Ahmedabad to an imprisoned friend. Hermann Kallenbach, from Germany, was detained in a prison camp in England. Gandhi writes: “I am surprised at your not receiving the draft-rules. I send a copy again herewith. I shall anxiously await your criticism. Many have sent me theirs and I remain unmoved by it. There is little or nothing to alter. Miss Schlesin has lost her brother. You will recall the youngster’s features. I have in my hands a case of serious fever. It is one of the Tamil inmates. The case takes all my energy and ability. I think it will yield to the treatment which is practically restorative: he is suffering from overeating. He knows it’s bad. Today is the 12th day. Then there is Ramdas [Swami RAMDAS (1884-1963), philosopher and Indian pilgrim] just slowly recovering from a severe attack of dysentery. The third case is that of a friend suffering from incipient cirrhosis of liver. You can well imagine my state. However I am fairly calm. I have given this picture to show you that there are many men whom you know and who are suffering more perhaps than you are. Our physical ailments are often far more painful than deprivation of one’s liberty when it carries no stigma with it. As I have said, you can turn your internment to many a good use; you have but to affect your surroundings instead of being affected by them. With love. Every one’s old friend”.
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