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The fight for India's independence was far from won, but Tagore knew that the final victory was close at hand and he showered his blessings on Subhas:"My days have come to an end. I may not join him in the fight that is to come. I can only bless him and take my leave, knowing that he has made his country's burden of sorrow his own, that his final reward is fast coming in his country's freedom."
