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"Their raging, day-long battle would become a testament to the warriors’ tenacious determination to protect their territory and to the treasure hunters’ wherewithal to defend themselves against the overwhelming odds of 15 to one."
"His San Saba heroics marked him braver than the average land speculator."
"[...] die Zahlen sind freie Schöpfungen des menschlichen Geistes, sie dienen als ein Mittel, um die Verschiedenheit der Dinge leichter und schärfer aufzufassen."
"[...] die größten und fruchtbarsten Fortschritte in der Mathematik und anderen Wissenschaften sind vorzugsweise durch die Schöpfung und Einführung neuer Begriffe gemacht, nachdem die häufige Wiederkehr zusammengesetzter Erscheinungen, welche von den alten Begriffen nur mühselig beherrscht werden, dazu gedrängt hat."
"Was beweisbar ist, soll in der Wissenschaft nicht ohne Beweis geglaubt werden."
"Welche Schwierigkeiten wir auch haben, um eine konsistente Vorstellung der Beschaffenheit des Äthers zu entwickeln: Es kann keinen Zweifel geben, dass der interplanetarische und interstellare Raum nicht leer ist, sondern dass beide von einer materiellen Substanz erfüllt sind, die gewiss die umfangreichste und vermutlich einheitlichste Materie ist, von der wir wissen."
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.