“I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.” YearsSoulLostPartyPracticeCasesLessonsFunctionTwentiesLawyerI RealizedCompromiseMy SoulMy Time Book:The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas