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"Wir sehen in der Natur nicht Wörter, sondern immer nur Anfangsbuchstaben von Wörtern, und wenn wir alsdann lesen wollen, so finden wir, dass die neuen so genannten Wörter wiederum bloß Anfangsbuchstaben von andern sind."
"Theorie des Buches: toter Buchstabe? Ein Sack Samenkörner."
"Interesse hat für mich nur eine Schrift, in der ich etwas Leben ihres Verfassers miterhalte, in der ich seinen Pulsschlag fühle, selbst wenn er nicht in meiner Weise schlägt. Ich bedarf Leben zur Erfrischung meines Lebens, nicht nur gedruckte Buchstaben."
"Die Schrift ist ein toter Buchstabe, den nur die Einbildungskraft und der Verstand des Lesens beleben soll."
"Die Erfindung der Buchdrukkerkunst macht dem menschlichen Verstande zwar Ehre, doch verliert sie sehr, wenn man sie mit der Erfindung der Buchstaben vergleicht."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.