(January–June 1895.)
DEAR SIR,
My sincerity will make up for my delay in conveying to you my heartfelt gratitude for all I owe to you.
It was indeed beyond the expression of any adequate language the fact of your befriending me and appreciating my work.
To the people of Southern India I owe much and not a small part of that to Mysore.
The untimely passing away of H.H. the Mahārājā is a sad blow to all India and specially to the cause of religion.
A great future for the good of India was in the late Mahārājā, guided by your excellency’s noble heart and brain.
His work is done. Yours remain yet and everyone knows that you are perfectly equal to this double work.
May Sankar keep you in health and may His blessings be on you and yours for ever and ever is the sincerest prayer of
VIVEKANANDA.
