Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 36

CWSV Volume 5

From Epistles – First Series of Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda 14 Grey Coat Gardens, Westminster, S. W., 11th November, 1896. Dear Alasinga, I  shall most probably start on the 16th of December, or may be a day or two later. I go from here...

Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 03

CWSV Volume 5

A railway porter here is better educated than many of your young men and most of your princes. Every American woman has far better education than can be conceived of by the majority of Hindu women. Why cannot we have the same education? We must.

Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 35

CWSV Volume 5

Books must be cheap for India to have a large sale; the types must be bigger to satisfy the public. You can very well get out a cheap edition if you like. I have not reserved any copyright on it purposely. You have missed a good opportunity by not getting out the book earlier.

Letter to The Indian Mirror, Calcutta

CWSV Volume 5

I would beg my countrymen to behave in such a manner that this stranger from the other side of the globe may find that in the midst of all our misery, our poverty, and degradation, the heart beats as warm as of yore.