Early Cultural Writings
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Early Cultural Writings
Part One: The Harmony of Virtue
The Sole Motive of Man’s Existence 3 
The Harmony of Virtue 9 Beauty in the Real 78 Stray Thoughts 84
Part Two: On Literature
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
His Youth and College Life 91 The Bengal He Lived In 94 His Official Career 99 His Versatility 103 His Literary History 107 What He Did for Bengal 112 Our Hope in the Future 116
On Poetry and Literature
Poetry 123 Characteristics of Augustan Poetry 125 Sketch of the Progress of Poetry from Thomson to Wordsworth 134 Appendix: Test Questions 142 Marginalia on Madhusudan Dutt’s Virangana Kavya 144 Originality in National Literatures 146
The Poetry of Kalidasa
A Proposed Work on Kalidasa 151 The Malavas 152 The Age of Kalidasa 156 The Historical Method 168 The Seasons 175 Hindu Drama 187 Vikramorvasie: The Play 194 Vikramorvasie: The Characters 196 
The Spirit of the Times 236 On Translating Kalidasa 239 Appendix: Alternative and Unused Passages and Fragments 264
On the Mahabharata
Notes on the Mahabharata 277 Notes on the Mahabharata [Detailed] 345
Part Three: On Education
Address at the Baroda College Social Gathering 353 Education 357 The Brain of India 363 A System of National Education
The Human Mind 383
The Powers of the Mind 386
The Moral Nature 389
Simultaneous and Successive Teaching 393
The Training of the Senses 397
Sense-Improvement by Practice 402
The Training of the Mental Faculties 404
The Training of the Logical Faculty 408
Message for National Education Week (1918) 411 National Education 414 A Preface on National Education 415
Part Four: On Art
The National Value of Art 431 Two Pictures 455 Indian Art and an Old Classic 460 The Revival of Indian Art 464 An Answer to a Critic 468
Part Five: Conversations of the Dead
Dinshah, Perizade 473 Turiu, Uriu 476 Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi 479 Shivaji, Jaysingh 483 Littleton, Percival 486
Part Six: The Chandernagore Manuscript
Passing Thoughts [1] 491 Passing Thoughts [2] 495 Passing Thoughts [3] 499 Hathayoga 503 Rajayoga 507 Historical Impressions: The French Revolution 512 Historical Impressions: Napoleon 518 In the Society’s Chambers 523 At the Society’s Chambers 527 Things Seen in Symbols [1] 532 Things Seen in Symbols [2] 534 The Real Difficulty 536 Art 538
Part Seven: Epistles / Letters From Abroad
Epistles from Abroad 545 Letters from Abroad 554
Part Eight: Reviews
“Suprabhat” 565
“Hymns to the Goddess” 569 “South Indian Bronzes” 576 “God, the Invisible King” 585 “Rupam” 590 About Astrology 595 “Sanskrit Research” 603 “The Feast of Youth” 614 “Shama’a” 623
Part Nine: Bankim—Tilak—Dayananda
Rishi Bankim Chandra 637 Bal Gangadhar Tilak 642 A Great Mind, a Great Will 658
Dayananda: The Man and His Work 661 Dayananda and the Veda 667 The Men that Pass 676
Appendix One: Baroda Speeches and Reports
Speeches Written for the Maharaja of Baroda 683 Medical Department 685 The Revival of Industry in India 694 Report on Trade in the Baroda State 723 Opinions Written as Acting Principal 743
Appendix Two: Premises of Astrology
Premises of Astrology 755
Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.