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Bezig met laden... Old Diary Leaves, Volume VI, April, 1896-September, 1898door Henry S. Olcott
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ALL good things must come to an end and the grand Rajput wedding at Varal was no exception. On the 19th of April Prince Liluba, the Heir Apparent of Morvi, left and the bride's presents and dowry were displayed in a large temporary structure. The presents alone were worth thirty thousand rupees and made a splendid display, as may be imagined from what I said in the preceding chapter. The wedding guests and hangers-on having departed, Harisinhji and I were left alone. He had a somewhat extensive library and I took advantage of the occasion to read, among other things, Max Nordau's Degeneracy, which gave me the impression that the author was fully persuaded in his own mind that he was the only person in the world who could not be classified as a degenerate. Still, his book is full of sage deductions from observed facts and should be read along with the books of the great hypnotists of Salpêtrière and Nancy by all who have to do with persons of hysteric temperament. I left Varal for Surat via Sihor on the 24th, in what discomfort will be imagined when I say that the thermometer was registering 108 to 110 degrees (F.) in the shade. The top of one's head became burning hot from the heat rays reflected from the roof of the railway carriage. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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CHAPTER I
INSPECTING SCHOOLS IN CEYLON
(1896)
ALL good things must come to an end and the
grand Rajput wedding at Varal was no exception.
On the 19th of April Prince Liluba, the Heir
Apparent of Morvi, left and the bride's presents and
dowry were displayed in a large temporary structure.
The presents alone were worth thirty thousand
rupees and made a splendid display, as may be
imagined from what I said in the preceding chapter.
The wedding guests and hangers-on having departed,
Harisinhji and I were left alone.
He had a somewhat
extensive library and I took advantage of the
occasion to read, among other things, Max Nordau's
Degeneracy, which gave me the impression that the
author was fully persuaded in his own mind that he
was the only person in the world who could not be
classified as a degenerate. Still, his book is full of
sage deductions from observed facts and should be
read along with the books of the great hypnotists of...