CLXXX Nivedita

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*To Sister Nivedita*▶

SAN FRANCISCO, *26th May, 1900*.▶

DEAR NIVEDITA,▶

All blessings on you. Don't despond in the least. *Shri wah Guru*! *Shri wah Guru*! You come of the blood of a Kshatriya. Our yellow garb is the robe of death on the field of battle. Death for the cause is our goal, not success. *Shri wah Guru*! . . .▶

Black and thick are the folds of sinister fate. But I am the master. I raise my hand, and lo, they vanish! All this is nonsense. And fear? I am the Fear of fear, the Terror of terror, I am the fearless secondless One, I am the Rule of destiny, the Wiper-out of fact. *Shri wah Guru*! Steady, child, don't be bought by gold or anything else, and we win!▶

VIVEKANANDA.▶