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(Written to Justice Sir Subrahmanya Iyer from Chicago, 3rd Jan., 1895.) It is with a heart full of love, gratitude, and trust that I take up my pen to write to you. Let me tell you first, that you …

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(Written to Alasinga Perumal from New York on 19th November, 1894.) Push on with the organization. Nothing else is necessary but these — love, sincerity, and patience. What is life but growth, i.e. …

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(Written from New York on Nov. 18, 1894, to Raja Pyari Mohan Mukherji, President of the public meeting held on Sept. 5, 1894 at the Calcutta Town Hall in appreciation of Swami Vivekananda's work in …

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(Written from Chicago to H. H. the Maharaja of Mysore on June 23, 1894.) Shri Nârâyana bless you and yours. Through your Highness' kind help it has been possible for me to come to this country. …

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(Written to "Kidi" on March 3, 1894, from Chicago.) I agree with you so far that faith is a wonderful insight and that it alone can save; but there is the danger in it of breeding fanaticism and …

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(Written from Bombay on 23rd May, 1893 to D. R. Balaji Rao who just had a severe domestic affliction.) "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither; the Lord gave and the …

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