Dear brother,
You ask me to send a line “ for the encouragement and inspiration” of the students.
INSPIRATION
The development of national consciousness should be the chief
object of these conferences. Our students should be taught to distinguish between corporate bodies and a nation. When a number of
men form an organised body with a common object to be accomplished, they form an association, a company, a syndicate and even
an unlawful assembly to commit an offence. In such cases they draw
their inspiration from the common object. Their zeal in the pursuit
of their common object is their inspiration from the common object.
You know the names of the members of such an association, the
date when they first assembled to form their corporate body. A nation cannot be organised. We do not know when a nation was formed.
A nation has its history, which is a record of the achievements of the
ancestors of the present generation. You cannot create a nation. The
chief object of a national gathering is to draw its inspiration from the
national history and the achievements of our ancestors. Each student
must feel that behind him stand his ancestors, before him are his
progeny and his object of life is to connect the past and the future so
that the result is a homogeneous whole.
ଜାତି ଇତିହାସ ଜାତିର ନିର୍ଝର, କଳ କଳ ରବେ ଧାଇଁଛି ସେ ଧାର
ତହୁଁ ବହେ ସଦା ଜାତି ପ୍ରାଣଧାର, ଅତୀତ ଗୌରବ ଗାଇ ନିରନ୍ତର ।
ସେ ଧାରରୁ ନୀର ପିଏ ଯେଉଁ ନର, ଭାବୀ ଉନ୍ନତିର ଉଦୟେ ନାଚୁଛି
ନିଶ୍ଚେ ହେବ ସେହି ଜାତି କର୍ମବୀର, ଯଥା ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରୋଦୟେ ନାଚେ ରତ୍ନାକର ।