d the
total destruction of her industries? Does she not realise that it is
helpless passivity that directly provokes aggression?... There is,
therefore, no time to be lost and the utmost effort is demanded of the
Government and the people for the revival of our industries...."[41]

A PATRIOTIC CALL

"A very serious danger" continues Dr. Bose "is thus seen to be
threatening the future of India, and to avert it will require the utmost
effort of the people. They have not only to meet the economic crisis but
also to protect the ideals of ancient Aryan civilisation from the
destructive forces that are threatening it.... There is a danger of
regarding the mechanical efficiency as the sole end of life; there is
also the opposite danger of a life of dreaming, bereft of struggle and
activity, the degenerating into parasitic habits of dependence. Only
through the noble call of patriotism can our nation realise the highest
ideals in thought and in action...."[42]

BACK TO INDIA

After his return to India, Dr. Bose attended the Indian Science Congress
at Lucknow. He then attended the ceremony of the laying of the
foundation stone of the Hindu University at Benares. On that occasion he
delivered a masterly address. He said:--

"In tracing the characteristic phenomena of life from simple beginnings
in that vast region which may be called unvoiced, as exemplified in the
world of plants, to its highest expression in the animal kingdom, one is
repeatedly struck by the one dominant fact that in order to maintain an
organism at the height of its efficiency something more than a
mechanical perfection of its structure is necessary. Every living
organism, in order to maintain its life and growth, must be in free
communion with all the forces of the Universe about it.

"Further, it must not only constantly receive stimulus from without, but
must also give out something from within, and the healthy life of the
organism will depend on these two-fold activities of inflow and
outflow. When there is any interference with these activities, then
morbid symptoms appear, which ultimately must end in disaster and death.
This is equally true of the intellectual life of a Nation. When through
narrow conceit a Nation regards itself self-sufficient and cuts itself
from the stimulus of the outside world, then intellectual decay must
inevitably follow.

"So far as regards the receptive function. Then there is another
function in the intellectual