The main intention of the leaflets circulated for publicity was meant for the hosts who invited Rabindranath to China. On the next day, there was no lecture to be delivered. Rabindranath asked his Chinese associates to call on some of the opposition youths to discuss the main issues of his mission in China.Though they agreed but lastly Hsu Tse wrote him;
" Unfortunately I find it difficult to get enough atheist friends for this coming meeting. Some are away while others do not fully understand English ....I do not deem it right that this rare pleasure you have promised me should be exclusively enjoyed by one or two persons.
It was decided that Rabindranath would deliver lecture from Monday to Thursday [12-15 May], in every morning.. But after this incident, he declared that he was cancelling all lectures on and from tuesday.Even on Monday he would deliver lecture one hour before the scheduled time.
Having got the news to the young students of Peking, about two thousands young students came to the Theatre Hall. Hsu Tse-Monin his inauguration speech calmly said high of Rabindranath Tagore. Dr. Hu tse requested the audience to show proper respect to our Guest lecturer. The lecture delivered by Rabindranath was published in Viswabharati Quarterly [ oct 1925] titled Judgement.
He started the lecture in an ironically way;
" The young generation of men in the East are everywhere attracted by what they imagine is modern. And they have convinced themselves that Western life is modern. They are seeking from its manners and mentality the magic formula of how to grow modern. They believe that what is called modern represents the principle of indefinite growth and freedom. - it is youth, it is life."
"Are we sure that the same thing has not happened to the West, and that the atmosphere of turmoil which we find there is not due to the conflict between, their present history, which is no longer modern, and the messenger of the future, which was come with its sovereign claims ?" He further said , " All that is deeply human is never old. It has the perpetual freshnes of imperishable life.
Rabindranath went to a hill side in the West Hill to take rest.
" Unfortunately I find it difficult to get enough atheist friends for this coming meeting. Some are away while others do not fully understand English ....I do not deem it right that this rare pleasure you have promised me should be exclusively enjoyed by one or two persons.
It was decided that Rabindranath would deliver lecture from Monday to Thursday [12-15 May], in every morning.. But after this incident, he declared that he was cancelling all lectures on and from tuesday.Even on Monday he would deliver lecture one hour before the scheduled time.
Having got the news to the young students of Peking, about two thousands young students came to the Theatre Hall. Hsu Tse-Monin his inauguration speech calmly said high of Rabindranath Tagore. Dr. Hu tse requested the audience to show proper respect to our Guest lecturer. The lecture delivered by Rabindranath was published in Viswabharati Quarterly [ oct 1925] titled Judgement.
He started the lecture in an ironically way;
" The young generation of men in the East are everywhere attracted by what they imagine is modern. And they have convinced themselves that Western life is modern. They are seeking from its manners and mentality the magic formula of how to grow modern. They believe that what is called modern represents the principle of indefinite growth and freedom. - it is youth, it is life."
"Are we sure that the same thing has not happened to the West, and that the atmosphere of turmoil which we find there is not due to the conflict between, their present history, which is no longer modern, and the messenger of the future, which was come with its sovereign claims ?" He further said , " All that is deeply human is never old. It has the perpetual freshnes of imperishable life.
Rabindranath went to a hill side in the West Hill to take rest.
