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"DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security."
"There is a steep and lofty wall, Where my warders trembling stand, He who at speed shall ride round its height, For him shall be my hand."
"And what they dare to dream of, dare to do."
"Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face."
"And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?"
"I dare do all that may become a man: Who dares do more, is none."
"What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger, Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble."
"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."
"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared."
"Wer nichts waget der darf nichts hoffen."
"Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum."
"Audendum est; fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus."
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.