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SCATHING DENUNCIATIONS OF THE "POLITICAL MIND.”
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Dr. Rabindranath Tagore recent mind of the West, where a militant ly spent a few days in England aggressive individualism had toen so much pursued and made into s to India after his cult. The tendency was apparent lecturing tour in America. A ro.also in Western politics and was the cause of divisions between the coption was given in his honour at nations. Although the same spirit the Hyde Park Hotel by the All of collective egoism existed in the Peoples' Association, which works East, still the spirit there was more for his own cause of international that of a community life than the
exclusive spirit of individualism. co-operation. The poet, who is approaching his seventieth birth- No.18 No. F. 11 No.10 No.3 Hale, day, is more than over in his appearance the ideal af venerable beauty.
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Inspiration of English Foeta, of the spirit of internationalian in He went on to describe the growth his own life and mind. He spoke of the influence upon his own formi- ly in his youth of the great person. ality of Rammohan Roy the first man who had this great background of humanity for all his teaching and who had intense love for all mankind.
India, he told how a young man roused him at midnight when he was asleep and said that he had just read a wonderful line in Keats and must repeat it, which he did. Sinco thon things have changed, but that was a great thing for us. We often tried to repudiate the West, but deep in our being there
a real reverence and admiration for the great things which truly re- prosent Wostorn humanity, and we have within us from the beginning of East and West. of our lives that cultural meeting
Rampant Nationalism. "But, "Dr. Tagore went on, "the He spoke seated in his chair in
nationalism of to-day, which hae a low, even melodious voice-that
become too rampant and self- cf a man talking quietly among
assertive, that, too, we got from sympathetic friends Standing
Western sduroca. We borrowed the round him and onger to hear, every
spirit of nationalism from the word was divers and interesting
Dr. Tagore went on to say that West, and that is another sign of company representing the East and Western literature
and culture our deep admiration for Western the West. It was strongly inter- came to them (he was speaking of civilisation." This cultural ming- national in character. Mr. Bernard his own family) through the poun ling was going on more strongly in Shaw, the apotheosis of Western of the great minds of Europe, who the East than in the West incause common sonse, was deep in con-
were filled with sentiment, universal the people in the West were too vera with the feader of Indian in its character, of the love of proud and exclusive in their ow idealist philosophy. There were it humanity and freedom. Some of cultural surroundings and limits: the room Indian princes, official re: these great posts were not now held tions. The Woat had borrower presentatives of a dozen foreign in the same honduras in their own from the East its religion, but it countries, publicists like Bir Nori hones,
but they still remain as had been greatly modified in the 1980 Angell and Mr. Evelynour ideals and our sources of in-process by the Western tempora- Wrench, scholars like Dr. Bevan spiration, and wo still remember ment, and had lost much of its and Dr. Edward Thompson, artists how intcnet was the love for Eastern colour and sentiment. In and literary men, and the unique Shakespeare, Byron, Kents and site of that the religion of the artist both in line and in words, other classical poets of the West.
East had been a factor in moulding Mr. Max Beerbohm.
As an example of how the in the Western character and giving Dr. Tagore spoke of the difficulty spiration of the English poete went it richness and light. of cultivating the international, to the heart of that generation in
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Diary of Coming Events.
To-day. (February 6) Queen's Theatre: Mon of the North."
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Boxing.-Hong Kong Boxing! Rugby.-Interport Probables Acapaiation Tournament (Theatro Services. Royal).
Bachelor's Dance at Craigengew. Cricket-Division I.: Universityer Cricket Club. v. Royal Artillery (L.), Hong Kong CO. (F), Indian R.O.. Civil Service (F.), · Division II.: Royal Engineers v. Polios (L) Civil Service v, Recreio (L), Kow- loan C.C. v. Hong Kong (P).
Star Theatre: "Last Warning. World Theatre: "Conquering Beauty" (Chinese picture).
Queen's College, Prize giving (H.E, the Governor, Bir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E. prosiding), Tea Dance: H.K. Hotel, 4.30 p.m.
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