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"'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come."
"He enter'd in his house—his home no more, For without hearts there is no home;—and felt The solitude of passing his own door Without a welcome."
"“The better of the two is one who is the first to give a greeting” (6210)."
"Bid that welcome Which comes to punish us, and we punish it Seeming to bear it lightly."
"I hold your dainties cheap, sir, and your welcome dear."
"A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish."
"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."
"Sir, you are very welcome to our house: It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy."
"Trust me, sweet, Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome."
"Welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing."
"His worth is warrant for his welcome."
"I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome!""
"Come in the evening, or come in the morning, Come when you're looked for, or come without warning, Kisses and welcome you'll find here before you, And the oftener you come here the more I'll adore you."
"Welcome, my old friend, Welcome to a foreign fireside."
"Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? They will not keep you standing at that door."
"Welcome as the flowers in May."
"Don't we all need someone to greet us to make us feel we're here?"
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.