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Hinduism."1 Miss Sara Humbert, contralto, and Miss Annie Wilson, soprano, sang several selections. The lecturer wore an orange‑colored coat and the accompanying yellow turban, which is called a beggar's suit. This is worn when a Buddhist has given up "everything for God and humanity." The theory of reincar­nation was discussed. The speaker said that many clergymen who were more aggressive than learned asked: "Why one is unconscious of a former life if such a thing had been?" The reply was that "It would be childish to lay a foundation for consciousness, as man is unconscious of his birth in this life, and also of much that has transpired."

The speaker said that "no such thing" as "a Judgment Day" existed in his religion, and that his god neither punished nor rewarded. If wrong was done in any way, the natural punish­ment was immediate. The soul, he added, passed from one body to another, until it had become a perfect spirit, able to do with­out the limitations of a body. . . .

AT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS*2

[Smith College Monthly, May 1894]

On Sunday, April 15, Swami Vivekananda, the Hindoo monk whose scholarly exposition of Brahmanism caused such favorable comment at the Congress of Religions, spoke at Vespers.3__We say much of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God, but few understand the meaning of these words. True brotherhood is possible only when the soul draws so near to the All‑Father that jealousies and petty claims of superiority must vanish because we are so much above them. We must take care lest we become like the frog of the well in



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1         Of which no verbatim transcript is available.

2         New Discoveries, Vol. 2, pp. 36‑37.

3         Of which no verbatim transcript is available.