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"Suppose him in a handsome uniform,— A scarlet coat, black facings, a long plume, Waving, like sails new shiver’d in a storm, Over a cock’d hat in a crowded room, And brilliant breeches, bright as a Cairn Gorme, Of yellow casimire we may presume, White stocking drawn uncurdled as new milk O’er limbs whose symmetry set off the silk."
"Medals, rank, ribands, lace, embroidery, scarlet, Are things immortal to immortal man, As purple to the Babylonian harlot: An uniform to boys is like a fan To women; there is scarce a crimson varlet But deems himself the first in Glory’s van."
"Merkwürdig ist die Renaissance des Islam in unserer Zeit. Zu beobachten ist dabei, daß er auf die Technik als die Uniform des Arbeiters angewiesen bleibt."
"Männer sollten von Jugend auf Uniform tragen, weil sie sich gewöhnen müssen, zusammen zu handeln, sich unter ihresgleichen zu verlieren, in Masse zu gehorchen und ins Ganze zu arbeiten."
"Jede Gattung Menschen, die Uniform trägt, imponiert dem großen Haufen und weiß sich ihres Vorzugs meistens sehr gut zu bedienen."
"es ist merkwürdig, wie ein Paar bunte Farben,; ein Paar Tressen, alle Weiber bestechen, derselbe Mensch in Uniform ist ihnen nicht mehr derselbe."
""Eines der wirksamste Mittel bei der Hypnose"
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.