But daily I saw a widening understanding between West and
East; my soul rejoiced.
I have found the great heart of America expressed in the wondrous
lines by Emma Lazarus, carved at the base of the Statue of Liberty,
the "Mother of Exiles":
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
{FN37-1} Many of those faces I have since seen in the West, and
instantly recognized..
{FN37-2} Swami Premananda, now the leader of the Self-Realization
Church of All Religions in Washington, D.C., was one of the students
at the Ranchi school at the time I left there for America. (He was
then Brahmachari Jotin.)
{FN37-3} Sri Yukteswar and I ordinarily conversed in Bengali.
{FN37-4} NEW PILGRIMAGES OF THE SPIRIT (Boston: Beacon Press, 1921).
{FN37-5} Dr. and Mrs. Robinson visited India in 1939, and were
honored guests at the Ranchi school.
{FN37-6} Mme. Galli-Curci and her husband, Homer Samuels,
the pianist, have been Kriya Yoga students for twenty years. The
inspiring story of the famous prima donna's years of music has been
recently published (GALLI-CURCI'S LIFE OF SONG, by C.
Pages:
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473