A Letter by Jamsetji N. Tata

In his letter dated 23rd November 1898, Jamsetji Tata wrote to Swami Vivekananda as follows[i]:
Dear Swami Vivekananda,
I trust, you remember me as a fellow traveller on your voyage from Japan to Chicago. I very much recall at this moment your views on the growth of the ascetic spirit in India, and the duty, not of destroying, but of diverting it into useful channels.
I recall these ideas in connection with my scheme of Research Institute of Science for India, …
…I am of the opinion that, if such a crusade in favour of an asceticism of this kind were undertaken by a competent leader, it would greatly help asceticism, science and the good name of our common country; and I know not who would make a more fitting general of such a campaign than Vivekananda….
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With kind regards,
I am, dear Swami,
Yours faithfully,

Jamsetji N. Tata
23rd November 1898
Esplanade House, Bombay