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the mind of the Hindu gentleman. (Ashaab-i-Ahmad, Vol. IV, page 94). This incident, evidently, is peculiarly illustrative of the intellectual respect and awe with which the Promised Messiah inspired those who approached him, in social contact, or for the purpose of an exchange of ideas. Dr. Sadiq Ali was not an Ahmady. . But he was among the elite of Kapurthala town, and counted among the prominent ulama. But where Dr. Sadiq Ali was nonplussed by what the Arya visitor had to say, the Promised Messiah met the objections with such force of argument, and such a deep emotional appeal hidden in his words, that he produced a magic effect on the questioner. In fact while the words uttered by Dr. Sadiq Ali remained lifeless, what was said by the Promised Messiah electrified the mind of the man, so that he did not hesitate to profer his intellectual submission. Of course, there are always people among the opponents of the Servants of God who never give in; from a native insolence and blindness of disposition, who 108