Letters of Swami Vivekananda

THE MATH, BELUR,11th Dec., 1900. DEAR JOE, I arrived night before last. Alas! my hurrying was of no use. Poor Captain Sevier passed away, a few days ago — thus two great Englishmen gave up …

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6 PLACE DES ETATS UNIS,PARIS, FRANCE,10th September, 1900. DEAR ALBERTA, I am surely coming this evening and of course will be very glad to meet the princess (probably Princess Demidoff) and her …

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6 PLACE DES ETATS UNIS, PARIS,3rd Sept., 1900. DEAR MOTHER, (Mrs. Francis Leggett.) We had a congress of cranks here in this house. The representatives came from various countries, from India …

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PARIS,28th August, 1900. DEAR NIVEDITA, Such is life — grind, grind; and yet what else are we to do? Grind, grind! Something will come — some way will be opened. If it does not, as it probably …

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6 PLACE DES ETATS UNIS, PARIS,25th Aug., 1900. DEAR NIVEDITA, Your letter reached me just now. Many thanks for the kind expressions. I gave a chance to Mrs. Bull to draw her money out of the …

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NEW YORK,2nd July, 1900. DEAR NIVEDITA, . . . Mother knows, as I always say. Pray to Mother. It is hard work to be a leader — one must crush all one's own self under the feet of the community. . …

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