...he has all the makings of a dictator in him—vast popularity, a strong will, energy, pride...and with all his love of the crowd, an intolerance of others and a certain contempt for the weak and inefficient....in normal times, he would just be an efficient...executive, but in this revolutionary epoch, Caesarism is always at the door, and is it not possible that Jawaharlal might fancy himself a Caesar? Therein lies the danger for Jawaharlal and India.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "...he has all the makings of a dictator in him—vast popularity, a strong will, energy, pride...and with all his love of the crowd, an intolerance of others and a certain contempt for the weak and inefficient....in normal times, he would just be an efficient...executive, but in this revolutionary epoch, Caesarism is always at the door, and is it not possible that Jawaharlal might fancy himself a Caesar? Therein lies the danger for Jawaharlal and India." in the context of "Nehru writing in the third person about himself. November 1937 in a Calcutta journal. Quoted in nNehru: A Political Biography, M.Edwardes pg 245. Edwardes, M., & Penguin. (1973). Nehru: A political biography. Harmondsworth [etc.: Penguin Books." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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