60. WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WERE RICH

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60. WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WERE RICH

60. WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WERE RICH

There are some poor people who are able-bodied but have no work to do. All their life they have probably learnt no useful trade. I shall try to open schools for such people so that they may learn to do something useful. There are many crafts which are very easy to learn. They do not require much capital or skill; but, at the same time, they bring enough money with which to support one's family. I will try to instruct the poor in such trades as might enable them to earn their livelihood.

I would open as many libraries and reading rooms for the poor as I can. These will be started at convenient places to which the poor can have access without any difficulty. There they will get newspapers and magazines to read. These will give them all the news that they want. But in addition to these; they will have fine books. There will be biographies, stories, books on history and travel. In one word, they will have there such books as will appeal to them very much.

I remember once I gave a Poor man the biography of a great man to read. After a few days he came back to me and said, "It was a very fine book. How I should like to be a great man like him! He was also poor like me once, but he became great on account of hard work. Who knows I also may do well in life?" These are some of the things I will do for the poor.