Page 141 - Moral Stories Vol 6

Once there was a meeting of the Gujarat Vidyapith Senate and Gandhiji was to attend it. A conveyance1 could not be sent for him in time. Gandhiji, who always insisted on punctuality2, set forth for the Vidyapith on foot. He had little hope of reaching there at the
proper time, as there was very less time left for the meeting and the Vidyapith was quite a distance from the Ashram. It being a lonely road, there was no hope of getting a timely lift either.
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