"Mahatma Gandhi, the courageous and saintly man who led the 400 million people of India to freedom by the spiritual authority of his soul's total dedication to Truth; who aroused the conscience and inspired the love of people all over the world... His message, neither foreign nor remote is the very foundation of 'American philosophy.' In a unique and fresh appreciation of the 'return waves' of Truth that link the mental continents of India and America, Srimati Kamala presents the essential teachings of the Mahatma and describes how the same beliefs which nourished Gandhi were shared by our Native Americans and, much later, by the 'Boston Brahmins' Emerson and Thoreau."