Sample Quote (formatted by me):
Judgment is already too well known. Within a week it is to be
pronounced.
What is the consolation with the exception of the idea that I am going to sacrifice my life for a cause?
- A God-believing Hindu might be expecting to be reborn as a king
- a Muslim or a Christian might dream of the luxuries to be enjoyed
in paradise and the reward he is to get for his suffering and
sacrifices.
- But, what am I to expect? I know the moment the rope
is fitted round my neck and rafters removed from under my feet,
that will be the final moment – that will be the last moment. I,
or to be more precise, my soul as interpreted in the metaphysical
terminology, shall all be finished there. Nothing further. A
short life of struggle with no such magnificent end shall in
itself be the reward, if I have the courage to take it in that
light...
- I know in the present circumstances my faith in God
would have made my life easier, my burden lighter, and my
disbelief in Him has turned all the circumstances too dry, and
the situation may assume too harsh a shape. A little bit of
mysticism can make it poetical.
- But I do not want the help of any intoxication to meet my fate.
I am a realist. I have been trying to overpower the instinct in me by the help of reason.
I have not always been successful in achieving this end.
But man’s duty is to try and endeavour, success depends upon chance and environments.