From ‘Epistles – Fourth Series’-chapter -V of Volume 8 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.
To Sister Nivedita
JAMMU,
3rd November, 1897.
MY DEAR MISS NOBLE, (This was the last letter received in England by Sister Nivedita.)
. . . Too much sentiment hurts work. “Hard as steel and soft as a flower” is the motto.
I shall soon write to Sturdy. He is right to tell you that in case of trouble I will stand by you. You will have the whole of it if I find a piece of bread in India — you may rest assured of that. I am going to write to Sturdy from Lahore, for which I start tomorrow. I have been here for 15 days to get some land in Kashmir from the Maharaja. I intend to go to Kashmir again next summer, if I am here, and start some work there.
With everlasting love,
Yours,
VIVEKANANDA.