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they would surely have retaliated, and
instead of steering clear of the storm, I
should, on arrival from England, have
found myself in a whirlpool of
agitation.”
This pattern—the decision to accept
what another man would challenge—occurred
again and again in
Gandhi’s life. As a young lawyer in
South Africa, he applied for admission
to the local bar. The Law Society didn’t
want Indian members, and tried to
thwart his application by requiring an
original copy of a certificate that was
on file in the Bombay High Court and
therefore inaccessible. Gandhi was enraged;
he knew well that the true reason
for these barriers was discrimination.
But he didn’t let his feelings show.
Instead he negotiated patiently, until
the Law Society agreed to accept an affidavit
from a local dignitary.
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