Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Excerpt from the book Vivekananda - East meets West by Swami Chetanananda ******************************************************* Mr. Goodwin was the Stenographer who had been engaged at 54 West 33rd St to take down the lectures of Swami Vivekananda. Mr Goodwin was a court stenographer which meant two hundred words a minute, and he was very expensive; but as we did not want to lose any of Vivekananda's words, we engaged him. After the first week Mr. Goodwin refused any money; when they said to him, " What do you mean? " he said, " If Vivekananda gives his life, the least I can do is give my service. " He followed Swami around the world, and we have seven (now eight) volumes hot from his lips that Mr. Goodwin took down.... While we were there (in India 1898), word came that Mr. Goodwin had died at Ootacamund. When Swamiji learnt that Mr. Goodwin had died, he looked a long time upon the snow capped Himalayas wihtout speaking and presently he said, " My last public utterance is over. " And he seldom spoke in public again. - Josephine MacLeod ***************************************************** note: 1. Ootacamund or Ooty is the capital of Nilgiris District in Tamil Nadu state in South India. 2. Swamiji wrote a poem " REQUIESCAT IN PACE " in memory of JJ Goodwin. regards, ramasamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Swamiji was heard uttering the words... " As if it were not my duty to fight and slay the gods that killed Goodwin. Ah if he were alive, he could have done so much! " >******************************************************* >Mr. Goodwin was the Stenographer who had been engaged at 54 West >33rd St to take down the lectures of Swami Vivekananda. >Mr Goodwin was a court stenographer which meant two hundred words >a minute, and he was very expensive; but as we did not >want to lose any of Vivekananda's words, we engaged him. >After the first week Mr. Goodwin refused any money; when they said to him, > " What do you mean? " he said, > " If Vivekananda gives his life, the least I can do is give my service. " He >followed Swami around the world, and we have seven (now eight) volumes >hot from >his lips that Mr. Goodwin took down.... > >While we were there (in India 1898), word came that Mr. Goodwin had died >at Ootacamund. When Swamiji learnt that Mr. Goodwin had died, >he looked a long time upon the snow >capped Himalayas wihtout speaking and presently he said, " My last >public utterance is over. " And he seldom spoke in public again. >- Josephine MacLeod > > _______________ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca & page=byoa/prem & xAPID=1994 & DI=1034 & SU=http://\ hotmail.com/enca & HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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