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sentence, calling for a more extensive biography with a list of all the Saints works will, no doubt, commend itself to you.
I am sorry to say that I could not hope to obtain an introduction to H. H. through any of the persons mentioned in your letter of August 15; but I will try to find some one else whose help would be likely to be effective. No doubt, the purpose which you have in view is not dissipated by the Achar. ya's death.
I hope that you and your friends will find no impediment in the way of carrying on your teacher's work and that I my. self shall retain your conffdence and so far as I can co-operate with you. I remain, my dear friend,
Yours sincerely, F. W. THOMAS
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The Library, India Office, London. S. W.1,
January, 4, 1923. My dear friend,
I now enclose, as requested in your letter of October 15, a few lines in commemoration of your dear friend and teacher, Acharya Maharaj. If I have written too much, it can be curtailed by omitting a part.
The draft of what appeared in the 'Times' for September 11 has, I fear, not been preserved but I will inquire for it. For the 'Royal Asiatic Society's journal I have just written a much longer obituary, of wbich I will shortly send you a proof. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
