It would be a good idea, but we cannot trust people not to misuse or do mischievous things with it. It would have to be kept shut up under Dyuman’s care or somebody else’s and so not always available at once.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 1. 1935
Letter ID: 1396
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
August 8, 1935
N scorched her hand with hot milk. I think it would be good to keep some picric acid for people dealing with fire-works! It will save them some suffering.
It would be a good idea, but we cannot trust people not to misuse or do mischievous things with it. It would have to be kept shut up under Dyuman’s care or somebody else’s and so not always available at once.
I suppose you have no time to see my old poem of 80 lines?
After the 15th would be more convenient.