Why does Gandhi say “I know full well that the British will have to give us our freedom when we have made sufficient sacrifices and proven our strength”? Why do you think he put the burden on Indians to prove that they “deserve” freedom?

norsemen from northern countries had made earlier journeys

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”