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Today's daily quote was:-

 

No foreigner will ever write the English language as well as the native Englishman, and the ideas, when put in good English, will spread farther than in Hindu English.

Letter to Dr. Nanjunda Rao. From England: July 14, 1896. Complete Works, 5.108..

 

Can anyone explain me the above quote??and in which refrence Swamiji wrote this???

 

 

 

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Hi, Here is the entire letter:

 

ENGLAND,

14th July, 1896.

 

DEAR DR. NANJUNDA RAO,

 

The numbers of Prabuddha Bharata have been received and distributed too to the

class. It is very satisfactory. It will have a great sale, no doubt, in India.

In America I may get also a number of rs. I have already arranged for

advertising it in America and Goodyear has done it already. But here in England

the progress will be slower indeed. The great drawback here is — they all want

to start papers of their own; and it is right that it should be so, seeing that,

after all, no foreigner will ever write the English language as well as the

native Englishman, end the ideas, when put in good English, will spread farther

than in Hindu English. Then again it is much more difficult to write a story in

a foreign language than an essay. I am trying my best to get you rs

here. But you must not depend on any foreign help. Nations, like individuals,

must help themselves. This is real patriotism. If a nation cannot do that, its

time has not yet come. It must wait. It is from Madras that the new light must

spread all over India. With this end you must stork. One point I will remark

however. The cover is simply barbarous. It is awful and hideous. If it is

possible, change it. Make it symbolical and simple, without human figures at

all. The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint,

nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.

 

We are awfully behindhand in art especially in that of painting. For instance,

make a small scene of spring re-awakening in a forest, showing how the leaves

and buds are coming again. Slowly go on, there are hundreds of ideas to be put

forward. You see the symbol I made for the Raja-Yoga, printed by Longman Green

and Co. You can get it at Bombay. It consists of my lectures on Raja-Yoga in New

York.

 

I am going to Switzerland next Sunday, and shall return to London in the autumn,

and take up the work again. . . . I want rest very badly, you know.

 

 

Yours with all blessings etc.,

 

 

VIVEKANANDA.

 

 

I personally think Swamiji was not very happy with the English writing skills of

his friends.

 

Ramakrishna , Paras Artwani <artwaniparas wrote:

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> Today's daily quote was:-

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> No foreigner ......

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> Can anyone explain me the above quote??and in which refrence Swamiji wrote

this???

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Ramakrishna , Paras Artwani <artwaniparas wrote:

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> Today's daily quote was:-

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> No foreigner will ever write the English language as well as the native

Englishman, and the ideas, when put in good English, will spread farther than in

Hindu English.

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> Letter to Dr. Nanjunda Rao. From England: July 14, 1896. Complete Works,

5.108.

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The rest came from ParthaSinha

 

regards

jay

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Thanks Partha,for taking pains to post the entire letter.I think now I have to refer to collected works for the complete info.Neways Thanks once again.

 

PS:-If you don't mind ,can you give me the link for online collected works??