Mr. Andrews is honored in India for his many services to
his adopted land.
{FN29-2} "The soul having been often born, or, as the Hindus say,
'traveling the path of existence through thousands of births' . .
. there is nothing of which she has not gained the knowledge; no
wonder that she is able to recollect . . . what formerly she knew.
. . . For inquiry and learning is reminiscence all."-EMERSON.
{FN29-3} Rabindranath, too, in his sixties, engaged in a serious
study of painting. Exhibitions of his "futuristic" work were given
some years ago in European capitals and New York.
{FN29-4} GITANJALI (New York: Macmillan Co.). A thoughtful study
of the poet will be found in THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE,
by the celebrated scholar, Sir S. Radhakrishnan (Macmillan, 1918).
Another expository volume is B. K. Roy's RABINDRANATH TAGORE: THE MAN
AND HIS POETRY (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1915). BUDDHA AND THE GOSPEL
OF BUDDHISM (New York: Putnam's, 1916), by the eminent Oriental art
authority, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, contains a number of illustrations
in color by the poet's brother, Abanindra Nath Tagore.
CHAPTER: 30
THE LAW OF MIRACLES
The great novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote a delightful story, THE THREE
HERMITS. His friend Nicholas Roerich {FN30-1} has summarized the
tale, as follows:
"On an island there lived three old hermits. They were so simple that
the only prayer they used was: 'We are three; Thou art Three-have
mercy on us!' Great miracles were manifested during this naive
prayer.
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