晨讀英語(yǔ)美文100篇六級(jí)Nonviolent and Noncooperation Movements

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:02.32]Passage 93. Nonviolent and Noncooperation Movements [00:09.65]In my opinion, the Indian struggle for freedom bears in its consequences [00:15.45]not only upon India and England but upon the whole world. [00:20.82]It contains one-fifth of the human race. [00:24.20]It represents one of the most ancient civilizations. [00:28.36]It has traditions handed down from tens of thousands of years, [00:33.72]some of which, to the astonishment of the world, remain intact. [00:39.19]No doubt the damages of time have affected the purity of that civilization [00:45.43]as they have that of many other cultures and many institutions. [00:51.00]If India is to revive the glory of her ancient past, [00:55.82]she can only do so when she attains her freedom. [00:59.98]The reason for the struggle having drawn the attention of the world I know [01:05.77]does not lie in the fact that we Indians are fighting for our liberty, [01:11.69]but in the fact the means adopted by us for attaining that liberty are unique and, [01:18.69]as far as history shows us, have not been adopted by any other people of whom we have any record. [01:27.12]The means adopted are not violence,not bloodshed, [01:32.58]not diplomacy as one understands it nowadays, [01:36.74]but they are purely and simply truth and nonviolence. [01:41.55]No wonder that the attention of the world is directed toward this attempt [01:47.26]to lead a successful bloodless revolution. [01:50.85]Hitherto,nations have fought in the manner of the brute. [01:55.45]They have wreaked vengeance upon those whom they have considered to be their enemies. [02:01.03]We find in searching national anthems adopted by great nations [02:06.18]that they contain curse upon the so-called enemy. [02:10.33]They have vowed destruction and have not hesitated to take the name of God [02:16.46]and seek divine assistance for the destruction of the enemy. [02:21.05]We in India have endeavored to reverse the process. [02:25.97]We feel that the law that governs brute creation is not the law that should guide the human race. [02:33.53]That law is inconsistent with human dignity. [02:37.79]I, personally,would wait, if need be, [02:41.95]for ages rather than seek to attain the freedom of my country through bloody means. [02:48.51]I feel in the innermost of my heart, [02:52.02]after a political career extending over an unbroken period of close upon thirty-five years, [03:00.22]that the world is sick unto death of blood spilling. [03:04.70]The world is seeking a way out, and I flatter myself with the belief that [03:10.94]perhaps it will be the privilege of ancient land of India [03:15.10]to show the way out to the hungering world.

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