General. SAYINGS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. The following sayings have been culled from the many epistles, speeches, interviews and writings of the Swami that have been published in the Mayavati Edition of his works. The Swami's sayings have always been marked with much shrewdness and practical value : Asia laid the germs of civilisation, Europe developed man, and America is developing woman and the masses. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ship in the waters of life. Jealousy is the central vice of every enslaved race. The secret of Westerner's success is this power of combination, the basis of which is mutual trust and appreciation. What India wants is a new electric fire to stir. up a fresh vigour in the national veins. You must always remember that every nation must save itself; so must every man; do not look to others for help. Every man who morally sympathises with India, becomes a political friend. In India, the one thing we lack is the power of combination, organization, the first secret of which is obedience. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. All you can do is on the negative side-you can only help. It is a manifestation from within; it develops its own nature, you can only take away obstructions. That man has reached immortality, who is disturbed by nothing material. Man never dies, nor is he ever born; bodies die, but he never dies. AGES OF GENERALS. The majority of those exercising high command in the present war are no older than the average of our great commanders in the past. Marlborough was a major-general at 34, and was 60 at the time of his last victory. Wellington was a major-general at 33, and was 44 at Waterloo. Lord Hill was a major-general at 33, and Sir John Moore at 37, Lord Wolseley was 40, and Lord Roberts 46. But these were exceptions. Lord Gough and Lord Napier were major-generals at 51, Sir Harry Smith of Aliwal at 58, Lord Clyde and Sir Henry Havelock at 62; while Lord Raglan was 62 when he assumed comma nd in the Crimea. It is very difficult, however great a conjuror a man may be at peace manœuvres and on staff rides, to test his capacity for command until war gives him an opportunity for distinction. Lord French is 63, Sir H. Smith-Dorrien 57, Sir Ian Hamilton 62, Sir Herbert Plumer 58, Sir William Robertson 55, Sir Douglas Haig 54, Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston 51, Major-General Walter Congreve, V.C., who led the 8th Brigade at the Aisne and is now in command of a division, is 52, and Sir Philip Chetwode, who commanded the 5th Cavalry Brigade and broke the German cavalry at Le Cateau, is a major-general at 46. Since the commencement of the war many, young officers have shown what they can do: and there are numerous instances of young battalion commanders, majors, and even captains being now in command of brigades. 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