kindly granted me permission to print it. 

To me, as a humble follower of that great teacher whom I have
long looked upon as one of my guides, it is a matter of honour to
be connected with the publication of his letter, such especially
as the one which is now being given to the world. 

It is a mere statement of fact to say that every Indian, whether
he owns up to it or not, has national aspirations.  But there are
as many opinions as there are Indian nationalists as to the exact
meaning of that aspiration, and more especially as to the methods
to be used to attain the end. 

One of the accepted and 'time-honoured' methods to attain the end
is that of violence.  The assassination of Sir Curzon Wylie was
an illustration of that method in its worst and most detestable
form.  Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of
violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of
non-resistance to evil.  He would meet hatred expressed in
violence by love expressed in self-suffering.  He admits of no