With the achievements of

With the achievements of material sciences, there is a general stampede in favour of material things. We are sometimes in a hurry to discard things which have come down to us from generations past simply because we cannot reconcile them with modern things. But I say with great respect to all friends who hold that view that the scientific spirit requires that nothing should be discarded and nothing should be accepted without examination or analysis and I plead that there is much in our past which has to be studied and examined the true meaning of which has to be appreciated and when that is done, I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that we shall never have reason to feel sorry later. I have no doubt, we shall in that event, ever be able to look other people with a certain amount of pride. For, after all our past is not to be despised. It is something which can inspire the present and the future. Today, the world is passing through a great crisis. Technical achievements in science have reached a stage where unless and until they are controlled and guided by moral and spiritual forces they will destroy themselves and the world and there it is that our great heritage can play its part. But can we do that today? I am afraid, not. We have to acquire that position for ourselves by reviving something of the past by modernising it and adapting it to modern conditions and also by adopting something of the modern world to equip ourselves for that great task.

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