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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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(When the success of the Swami in America became well known in India, several meetings were held and addresses of thanks and congratulations were forwarded to him. The first reply which he wrote was …

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INDIA — THE LAND OF RELIGION During the residence of the Swamiji in America, the following Address from the Maharaja of Khetri (Rajputana), dated March 4th, 1895, was received by him: My dear …

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(Found among Swami Vivekananda's papers.) The Theosophists are having a jubilee time of it this year, and several press-notices are before us of their goings and doings for the last twenty-five …

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The following notes were discovered among Swami Vivekananda's papers. He intended to write a book and jotted down forty-two points as a syllabus for the work, but only a few points were dealt with as …

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"God created the native, God created the European, but somebody else created the mixed breed" — we heard a horribly blasphemous Englishman say. Before us lies the inaugural address of Mr. Justice …

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