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I pray to the holy feet of our Guru that you may have that state, and you may wander like the rhinoceros.
Yours etc.,
Vivekananda
XXIV
Victory to the Lord!
Ghazipur,
25th Feb., 1890
{original in Bengali}
Dear Sir {Pramadadas Mitra},
The lumbago is giving a good deal of trouble, or else I would have already sought to come to you. The mind does not find rest here any longer. It is three days since I came away from Babaji's place, but he inquires of me kindly almost every day. As soon as the lumbago is a little better, I bid good-bye to Babaji. Countless greetings to you.
Yours etc.,
Vivekananda
XXV
Victory to the Lord!
Ghazipur,
3rd March, 1890
{original in Bengali}
Dear Sir {Pramadadas Mitra},
Your kind letter comes to hand just now. You know not, sir, I am a very soft-natured man in spite of the stern Vedantic views I hold. And this proves to be my undoing. At the slightest touch I give myself away; for howsoever I may try to think only of my own good, I slip off in spite of myself to think of other peoples' interests. This time it was with a very stern resolve that I set out to pursue my own good, but I had to run off at the news of the illness of a brother at Allahabad! And now comes this news from Hrishikesh, and my mind has run off with me there. I have wired to Sharat, but no reply yet-a nice