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One gloo in January Mr Early sat alone He had so h the world of men and women that solitude

was unusual to him Indeed it had often occurred to his, that there was nothing in that old

epigraher he had risen in

the scale of greatness the more insistently and persistently had the

world invaded his life, until even his appreciation of solitude had

atrophied

This particular day had been a hard one The probles

were unusually coht

, like a nificent proportions, Swami Ram Juna, with many paraphernalia of

travel, had suddenly reappeared to ask for that once-proffered

hospitality Not without state and courtesy could such a being be

welcomed; and courtesy takes time

Finally, to discuss the matter of the outer cover for the next issue of

The Aspirant, a henchman invaded his privacy Sebastian looked over a

pile of designs, and chose a flat but lurid young woround of purple trees Then came the

more difficult question of an aphoris woman leaned It was the habit of The

Aspirant to convey, even on its outside, wisdo aphoristh evolved: "It has been said of old: 'Know thyself' I say