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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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引用情報
438 A FINAL REFLECTION
onward by a forceful impulse. If, then, we find that the
direction in which we are thus being impelled is towards
what is, in itself, obviously good and desirable, should we
not be wiser, instead of standing stubbornly athwart the
impulse, to throw our whole selves in with it, to immerse
ourselves in it, to let it permeate us through and through,
and to utilize our intellects to give this general impetus
practical, definite effect ?
Instead of fostering isolation, acquiescing in seclusion,
and encouraging unneighbourliness in Tibet, in Afghanis-
tan, and all along our frontier, would it not be better
to work whole-heartedly with the great World-Impulse
towards more and more intimate union combined with
ever-increasing freedom ? Independence, indeed, we may
respect, but surely not isolation. To individuality we
may allow the fullest play, but hardly to unsociality.
Further, recognizing that forceful impulses mean flux
and movement, and that therefore we can never expect
finality, should we not place less and less faith in settle-
ments and treaties, and repose increasing trust in personal
contact, flexible and adaptable, ever ready for change in
details, but ever deepening and tightening the essential
attachment of man for man ? It is through personalities
that individuality is brought out, association fostered, and
harmony attained. It is through living human beings
that suspicions are dispelled, jealousies melted, prejudices
dissolved, and peoples united. The Tibet Treaty was
good ; would not an agent at Lhasa have been better ?
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