54. To Romain Rolland1 |
November 13, 19242 DEAR FRIEND, I received your kind letter. Miss Slade arrived a little later. What a treasure you have sent me. I shall try to be worthy of such a great confidence. I shall do everything to help Miss Slade to become a little bridge between West and East. I am too imperfect to have a disciple. She will be my companion in my research (for truth) and as I am older and consequently more advanced in spiritual experience, I propose to share with you the honour of your paternity. Miss Slade shows a marvellous capacity for adaptation and we are already quite at ease with her. I leave Miss Slade to tell you the rest by asking her to speak to you of a French sister who has arrived at the Ashram just a few days before her. Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. XXV, p. 320 1 Romain Rolland (1866-1944)-Celebrated French writer, thinker and pacifist. |