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To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
Autobiographer
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas K Gandhi
M K Gandhi
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