From Epistles – First Series of Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
19 W 38th St., New York
22nd June, 1895.
Dear Kidi,
I will write you a whole letter instead of a line. I am glad you are progressing. You are mistaken in thinking that I am not going to return to India; I am coming soon. I am not giving to failures, and here I have planted a seed, and it is going to become a tree, and it must. Only I am afraid it will hurt its growth if I give it up too soon. . . .
Work on, my boy. Rome was not built in a day. I am guided by the Lord, so everything will come all right in the end.
With my love ever and ever to you,
Yours sincerely,
Vivekananda