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In the time that imperialism was at its peak there was a man who tested the true meaning of imperialism and what it stood for. That man was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was a spiritual and sometimes a political leader of India. He wanted India to unite together rather than following the British way and in this reading we see he tried to accomplish in all different aspects on life. He wanted to show India freedom through religion and faith, clothing and a way of life, and through his way of a nonviolent world or nation.
Gandhi thought all religions and all religious aspects of life should tested and questioned no matter what the traditions or beliefs were. Gandhi believed that every religion should be solely based upon truth, love, compassion, nonviolence, and the golden rule, to love one another as you would love yourself. Gandhi made people aware that the worshiping of symbols and idols in religion rather than focusing on its teachings and the meaning behind the teachings was......

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