chapter VI.—As others see him
As with all literary men, papers consisting of old letters
and memoranda had collected in the side rooms of Sir Niza-
mat Jung's library. It was with modest diffidence that he
gave me permission to examine their contents and the
trouble I took over the search has been by no means in vain.
The quotations given in this Chapter are extracts from
various letters ranging from 1911 to the present day. Some
specifically deal with one or two of his books; others are
tributes to his works in general or to his philosophy and
personality. But each and every one of them expresses
the unfailing sense of elevation which people experience
when coming in contact with Sir Nizamat or his writings.
Extracts from Letters
sabojini naidu.
" It has been, to me a great privilege as well as a
great pleasure to be allowed to come into touch with a
spirit so delicately and sensitively responsive to the
tenderest chord of beauty; a mind so attuned to fine
ideals and lofty moods, albeit full of that melancholy
and concentration and remoteness from the larger
humanity of life which would appear to be inseparable
from those spiritual and mental gifts I find in your
verses."
" You have a large vision or rather capacity for a
large vision, and I think you will have in proportion the
capacity for a large utterance, and we Indians need
some poet who has a like vision and the voice/'