Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 3

Letter ID: 756

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

June 1936

Yes, I did not exaggerate the sticky character of these forces; but the stickiness even of the stickiest is not inexhaustible and they get tired out after a time. The thing is to keep up, as I have said, one’s own wicket in spite of their body line bowling. Also not to be depressed but to go cheerfully through the conflict.

The conversion of your palate is truly a transformation and points palatably towards more transformations to come. So serenely “en avant!”

Lawrence is waiting hopefully on the top of your book-case in front of me (I mean the one you presented to me) for his hour.