Swamiji’s correspondence~I

Swami Vivekananda's letters to Mary Hale were full of hard facts of life, and their insightful implications are stirring and stimulating. On 17 September 1896, he analysed human nature to her and indicated the category to which she belonged. He ultimately arrived at a point to show also where he himself stood. He wrote: ‘You, Mary, are like a mettlesome Arab ~ grand, splendid. You will make a splendid queen ~ physically, mentally. You will shine alongside of a dashing, bold, adventurous, heroic husband, but, my dear sister, you will make one of the worst of wives‘.