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An autobiography, the story of my experiments with truth, Mohandas K. Gandhi ; translated from the original in Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ; with a foreword by Sissela Bok

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Mohandas K. Gandhi ; translated from the original in Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ; with a foreword by Sissela Bok

the story of my experiments with truth

This is Gandhi's autobiography covering his life from early childhood to approximately 1921. In Gandhi's own words: "I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments, it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography. But I shall not mind, if every page of it speaks only of my experiments... I should certainly like to narrate my experiments in the spiritual field which are known only to myself, and from which I have derived such power as I possess for working in the political field... If I had only to discuss academic principles. I should clearly not attempt an autobiography. But my purpose being to give an account of various practical applications of these principles, I have given the chapters I propose to write the title of The Story of My Experiments with Truth. These will of course include experiments with non-violence, celibacy and other principles of conduct believed to be distinct from truth."

God Protects, 306, Chapter XXIII, A Peep into the Household, 310, Chapter XXIV, The Zulu 'Rebellion', 313, Chapter XXV, Heart Searchings, 315, Chapter XXVI, The Birth of Satyagraha, 318, Chapter XXVII, More Experiments in Dietetics, 320, Chapter XXVIII, Kasturbai's Courage, 322, Chapter XXIX, Domestic Satyagraha, 325, Chapter XXX, Towards Self-Restraint, 328, Chapter XXXI, Fasting, 330, Chapter XXXII, As Schoolmaster, 333, Chapter XXXIII, Literary Training, 335, Chapter XXXIV, Training of the Spirit, 338, Chapter XXXV, Tares Among the Wheat, 340, Chapter XXXVI, Fasting as Penance, 342, Chapter XXXVII, To Meet Gokhale, 344, Chapter XXXVIII, My Part in the War, 346, Chapter XXXIX, A Spiritual Dilemma, 348, Chapter XL, Miniature Satyagraha, 351, Chapter XLI, Gokhale's Charity, 355, Chapter XLII, Treatment of Pleurisy, 357, Chapter XLIII, Homeward, 359, Chapter XLIV, Some Reminiscences of the Bar, 361, Chapter XLV, Sharp Practice?, 363, Chapter XLVI, Clients Turned Co-Workers, 365, Chapter XLVII, How a Client Was Saved, 367, Chapter I, The First Experience, 373, Chapter II, With Gokhale in Poona, 375, Chapter III, Was it a Threat?, 377, Chapter IV, Shantiniketan, 380, Chapter V, Woes of Third Class Passengers, 383, Chapter VI, Wooing, 385, Chapter VII, Kumbha Mela, 387, Chapter VIII, Lakshman Jhula, 391, Chapter IX, Founding of the Ashram, 395, Chapter X, On the Anvil, 397, Chapter XI, Abolition of Indentured Emigration, 400, Chapter XII, The Stain of Indigo, 404, Chapter XIII, The Gentle Bihari, 406, Chapter XIV, Face to Face with Ahimsa, 409, Chapter XV, Case Withdrawn, 413, Chapter XVI, Methods of Work, 416, Chapter XVII, Companions, 419, Chapter XVIII, Penetrating the Villages, 422, Chapter XIX, When a Governor is Good, 424, Chapter XX, In Touch with Labour, 426, Chapter XXI, A Peep into the Ashram, 428, Chapter XXII, The Fast, 430, Chapter XXIII, The Kheda Satyagraha, 434, Chapter XXIV, 'The Onion Thief', 436, Chapter XXV, End of Kheda Satyagraha, 439, Chapter XXVI, Passion for Unity, 441, Chapter XXVII, Recruiting Campaign, 444, Chapter XXVIII, Near Death's Door, 450, Chapter XXIX, The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma, 454, Chapter XXX, That Wonderful Spectacle!, 457, Chapter XXXI, That Memorable Week!--I, 460, Chapter XXXII, That Memorable Week!--II, 466, Chapter XXXIII, 'A Himalayan Miscalculation', 469, Chapter XXXIV, 'Navajivan' and 'Young India', 471, Chapter XXXV, In the Punjab, 475, Chapter XXXVI, The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?, 478, Chapter XXXVII, The Amritsar Congress, 482, Chapter XXXVIII, Congress Initiation, 486, Chapter XXXIX, The Birth of Khadi, 489, Chapter XL, Found at Last!, 491, Chapter XLI, An Instructive Dialogue, 494, Chapter XLII, Its Rising Tide, 497, Chapter XLIII, At Nagpur, 500, Farewell, 503

Gandhi, an autobiography