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Time set all this right, but one night, years later. Mr. Gandhi who wished to sit up with his sick father, was persuaded by Mrs. Gandhi to come to bed. The remorse of the Mahatma, when a servant knocked on the bedroom door and announced his father's death, prostrated him for two days. Not until Mrs. Gandhi passed middle age could he regard her as an intellectual helpmate...
...presentation of the portrait, would be embarrassing, but fortunately for my composure I cannot leave Washington. I feel very deeply the great honor you do me . . . which seems to make the culmination of my life and to leave me to say, 'and now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace...
...illness in order to extract gifts from those who wished to be remembered in his will, has been a staple of the Theatre Guild both in Manhattan and on the road. The Guild now brings it back to Manhattan, excellently played by a cast including Earle Larimore as the servant Mosca who outfoxed his bedridden master...
...have the picture placed where I understand it is to be, in your magnificent hall--worthy of the noble corps of professors and instructors who teach there--seems to mark the culmination of my life and leaves me ready to say, 'Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace...
...mind's eye," he cried, "is that magnificent painting of the scene in which the sovereign lies dying and his servant exclaims, 'Never again will I serve a King whom the worms...