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and wind, and the chill at midnight under the vault of 

 starry space. There are other surroundings also, where 

 they will be subjected to chromatic action of different 

 lights, to invisible rays, to galvanic current or electrically- 

 charged atmosphere. Everywhere they will transcribe in 

 their own script the history of their experience. From 

 this lofty point of observation, sheltered by the trees, the 

 student will watch this panorama of life. Isolated from 

 all distractions, he will learn to attune himself with Nature ; 

 the obscuring veil will be lifted and he will gradually 

 come to see how community throughout the great ocean 

 of life outweighs apparent dissimilarity. Out of discord 

 he will realise the great harmony. 



THE OUTLOOK 



These are the dreams that wove a network round my 

 wakeful life for many years past. The outlook is endless, 

 for the goal is at infinity. The realisation cannot be 

 through one life or one fortune but through the co-operation 

 of many lives and many fortunes. The possibility of a 

 fuller expansion will depend on very large endowments. 

 But a beginning must be made, and this is the genesis of 

 the foundation of the Institute. I came with nothing and 

 shall return as I came ; if something is accomplished in the 

 interval, that would indeed be a privilege. What I have 

 I will offer, and one who has shared with me the struggles 

 and hardships that had to be faced, has wished to bequeath 

 all that is hers for the same object. In all my struggling 

 efforts I have not been altogether solitary ; while the world 

 doubted, there had been a few, now in the City of Silence, 

 who never wavered in their trust. 



Till a few weeks ago it seemed that I should have to 

 look to the future for securing the necessary expansion of 

 scope and for permanence of the Institute. But response 

 is being slowly awakened in answer to the need. The 

 Government have intimated their desire to sanction grants 



