THE HARMONY OF VIRTUE

C ONTENTSSECTION ONETHE HARMONY OF VIRTUEThe Harmony of Virtue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Beauty in the Real . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Stray Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71SECTION TWOBANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJII. His Youth and College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75II. The Bengal He Lived in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78III. His Official Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83IV. His Versatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87V. His Literary History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90VI. What He Did for Bengal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95VII. Our Hope in the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99SECTION THREETHE SOURCES OF POETRY AND OTHER ESSAYSThe Sources of Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105On Original Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110The Interpretation of Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Social Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Lecture in Baroda College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130SECTION FOURVALMIKI AND VYASAThe Genius of Valmiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137