... his arrival in South Africa (Brown 34). His Quaker friends in Pretoria failed to convert him to Christianity, but they quickened his appetite for religious studies. He was fascinated by Leo Tolstoy's writings on Christianity, read the Quran translation, and delved into Hindu scriptures and philosophy (Brown 54). The study of comparative religion, talks with scholars, and his own reading of theological ... where he and his friends could literally live by the sweat of their brow. Six years later another colony grew up under Gandhi's fostering care near Johannesburg; it was named Tolstoy F...

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