THE SPIRIT AND INFLUENCE OF VEDANTA: Swami Vivekananda
================================================================================ Saturday 22, June 2024 05:30. Lectures and Discourses Chicago 1893 THE SPIRIT AND INFLUENCE OF VEDANTA Swami Vivekananda (Delivered at the Twentieth Century Club, Boston) ================================================================================ Before going into the subject of this afternoon, will you allow me to say a few words of thanks, now that I have the opportunity? I have lived three years amongst you. I have travelled over nearly the whole of America, and as I am going back from here to my own country, it is meet that I should take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude in this Athens of America. When I first came to this country, after a few days I thought I would be able to write a book on the nation. But after three years' stay here, I find I am not able to write even a page. On the other hand, I find in travelling in various countries that beneath the surface differences that we