The Danish Peace Academy

GANDHI AND NORDIC COUNTRIES

Letter, July 1, 1917

Motihari,

July 1, 1917

My dear Esther,

I have just received your letter telling you had entered upon a new year, you do not say what year. I appreciate your passion for the ashram. May it satisfy all your wants and may it prove a place of joy and peace and of love such as you would find near your parents’ hearth. Every year that closes upon us may be so much valuable time gained or lost as we have well or ill used it. To us who want to walk in the fear of God, every added year is added responsibility.

Please tell me what books you are reading for Tamil examination and what you are paying your munshi,³¹ if you have any.

Yours ever,

Bapu

Source:My Dear Child, page 16; Collected Works, Volume 13, page 454

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