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21. At this place, we wish to extract the speeches of Swami Vivekananda also to find out the historical background which led to the passing of the Act.
22. Swami Vivekananda in his book 'Modern India' has said:--
"forget not that the lower classes, the ignorant, the poor, the illiterate, the cobbler, the sweeper, are thy flesh and blood, thy brothers. Thou brave, one, be bold, take courage, be proud that thou art an Indian, and proudly proclaim. "I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother". Say, "The ignorant Indian, the poor and destitute Indian, the Brahmin Indian the Pariah Indian is my brother". Thou, too, clad with but a rag round thy loins, proudly proclaim at the top of thy voice : "The Indian is my brother, the Indian is my life, Indian's gods and goddesses are my God."