India, Dec. 25 -- It was the practice of "The Natal Mercury", a newspaper published from Durban, South Africa, to publish in the place of editorial articles contributions from eminent statesmen and ministers of religion. In 1927, the honour was given to Mr VS Srinivasa Sastri, the educationist and a member of the Servants of India Society.

In his article, Sastri wrote, "To a Hindu, brought up in the philosophy of the Vedanta, toleration of other faiths and their modes of worship comes easy. Toleration deepens into sympathy and understanding when one has a working faith in the brotherhood of man and allows idealism to shape one's course in life instead of regarding it as a sign of a softening brain or an old-world morality."

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