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The death of Mahatma Gandhi last evening at New Delhi at the hands of an insensate assassin in circumstances too tragic for reiteration has cast a deep gloom over the country from the effects of which it will not be easy for it to recover. For, as the Prime Minister(Pandit jawahar lal Nehru) of India has suggested in his broadcast, at no time in the long and chequered history of this great country were Gandhi's wise counsel, courageous guidance, unexcelled foresight and imperturbable patience in the face of events the most calamitous more necessary than today. It will be universally accepted that but for his steadying direction, unerring judgment, and a determination which accepted no defeat, the turmoil which befell us in the wake of the partition of the country would have continued to menace us in an ever-increasing measure. The hundreds and thousands of messages which keep the wires and radio of the world vibrating at the moment show how deeply Gandhi ji has impressed humanity as an apostle of peace and as one who has been rightly hailed as the world's Second Saviour.What is the secret of Gandhiji's world-wide fame and unquestioned influence? For one thing, his culture had all the traits of what is called the culture of character. He thought closely and seriously; he insisted on seeking fact or truth for one's self boldly and clearly, and not merely echo it as hearsay; he cherished, not fashions or expedients of thinking, but true convictions with a strength of feeling which neither the coaxing of friends nor the railleries and the rapier thrusts of opponents could weaken. Throughout his career in whatever continent, country or clime his activity for the time being lay whether in South Africa, Sabarmati or Champaran in the sub-montane region of Bihar among the indigo planters there— he carried to those among whom he worked unquestionable conviction that he could be trusted. It was because he inspired such trust that he proved a determining force in the formation of public opinion.