The article closes with a lyrical vision of the India of the future, with “the independent flag of righteousness” unfurled, her virtues restored, plague and famine banished, her industries brought to the highest pitch of scientific development, her armies and fleets going forth “to use the unlimited strength, knowledge, and righteousness of India for the benefit of the whole world.”

The Yugantar at the same time set forth in a series of articles the scheme by which the enfranchisement of India was to be achieved—­a scheme which was little more than a reasoned exposition of the methods already adopted in the previous decade by Tilak in the Deccan.  These articles form a manual of directions for “the army of young men which is the Nrisinha and the Varaha and the Kalki incarnation of God, saving the good and destroying the wicked”—­the Kalki incarnation being that in which Vishnu is to come and deliver India from the foreigner.  To shake off slavery the first essential is that the educated classes shall learn to hate slavery.  Then the lower classes will soon follow their lead.  “It is easy to incite the lower classes to any particular work.  But the incitement of the educated depends on a firm belief.”  Therefore the “poisonous” effects of slavery must be constantly brought home, and “we must always be trying to destroy the present unnatural liking for a state of servitude.”  The aspiration for freedom must be converted into a firm resolve, and to divert the Bengalee “from the unfailing attraction of a livelihood” to the cause of freedom “his mind must be excited and maddened by such an ideal as will present to him a picture of everlasting salvation.”  Public opinion must be built up by the newspapers, “which must be filled with the discussion of the necessity of independence and revolution,” by soul-stirring musical and theatrical performances, glorifying the lives of Indian heroes and their great deeds in the cause of freedom, and by patriotic songs.  “When in the Mahratta country the high-souled Shivaji stood up for independence the songs of the bards helped powerfully in his work.”  Above all, the materials for “a great sacrifice for liberty” must be prepared.  “The stratagems known as resorting to cover in English military tactics are very necessary in all political endeavour,” and “the enemy” must be kept constantly occupied by them.  “A Bande Mataram procession to-day, a conference or congress to-morrow, a flourish of Swadeshi speeches the day after, and so on.”  A “great commotion may with advantage be made over small incidents,” but “it must always be remembered that these do not constitute our real effort, and are very trifling accompaniments” which serve to keep the enemy busy and the country awake “whilst we are training,” and the training consists in the organization, discreetly and silently, of bands of young men “with power