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truly great men. And as a standard example I pointed to the lamented Gurumaharaj, in whom I found the higest human ideal, the combination of saint and scholar.
At the present moment I am occupied in other fields of research and can only thank you for your kind offer of which I shall hasten to avail myself later on. I could wish you per. sonally nothing higher and better than that you may well walk on the path trodden by your great predecessor.
Believe me, most reverend.
Yours very sincerely,
CHARPENTIER.
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Upsala, September 2nd, 1923.
. Most Reverend,
Your kind letter of April 26th reached me by a time when I was most extremely busy with works of different sorts. After that I went to London where I have spent some time, coming back only yesterday, being very busy with my work the whole time.
This is the reason why I have not until now replied to your letter and offered you my congratulations upon your appointment as successor of the great Acharya Maharaj who left us, Alas; only so soon. I am very glad that you
have not hesitated to take upon you the great task thus laid Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
