Much money is required, and amongst other things for "secret preachers at home and abroad." It can be obtained "by voluntary donations," or "by the application of force," which is perfectly justifiable since the money is to be taken and used "for the good of society." Thefts and dacoities are, under normal conditions, crimes because they destroy the sense of social security, but "to destroy it for the highest good is no sin, but rather a work of religious merit." The taking of blood is, in the circumstances, equally praiseworthy.

"The law of the English is established on brute force, and if to liberate ourselves we too must use brute force, it is right that we should do so." Nor is this doctrine merely stated in general terms:-- Will the Bengali worshippers of _Shakti_ shrink from the shedding of blood?
The number of Englishmen in this country is not above one lakh and a half, and what is the number of English officials in each district?
If you are firm in your resolution you can in a single day bring English rule to an end.

Lay down your life, but first take a life.

The worship of the goddess will not be consummated if you sacrifice your lives at the shrine of independence without shedding blood.
These are the doctrines of revolutionary Hinduism expounded day by day for nearly two years by a group of highly educated young Bengalees, the effectiveness of whose appeal to sacred traditions was enhanced by remarkable qualities of style.

I have before me a letter from a Hindu scholar who certainly has no sympathy with the methods advocated by the _Yugantar_--"Nothing like these articles ever appeared before in Bengali literature." "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," and this was essentially true in the case of the _Yugantar_.