How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The bills considerably increased my public work and made the community more alive than ever to their sense of duty. (3.4.6)
Just asking people to make the world a better place isn't enough. They have to have something specific to fight for or fight against. In this case, particular pieces of legislation provided the motivation.
Quote #5
When the war was declared, my personal sympathies were all with the Boers, but I believed then that I had yet no right, in such cases, to enforce my individual convictions. [...] Suffice it to say that my loyalty to the British rule drove me to participation with the British in that war. I felt that, if I demanded rights as a British citizen, it was also my duty, as such, to participate in the defence of the British Empire. I held then that India could achieve her complete emancipation only within and through the British Empire. (3.10.2)
This is a surprise. Gandhi, despite being a top figure associated with non-violence, participates in war. He feels it is his duty to defend the British Empire since he demands rights from it, putting him and the empire in a reciprocal relationship.
Quote #6
To my brother, who had been as father to me, I wrote explaining that I had given him all that I had saved up to that moment, but that henceforth he should expect nothing from me, for future savings, if any, would be utilized for the benefit of the community. [...]
My brother gave me up and practically stopped all communication. I was deeply distressed, but it would have been a greater distress to give up what I considered to be my duty, and I preferred the lesser. (4.5.3-5)
Do we have a duty to support our family members? Or, does our duty to the community allow us to cut them off and give our savings to public causes? You might say that your family helped you in infancy and so you're obliged to help them, or you might say you never chose to be born into your family and your relationship with them is a coincidence that doesn't impose responsibilities on you. Gandhi feels distress over not helping his brother, but he makes his choice.