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Sirs: There are those who, having attained "Oneness with Brahma," would discover soup-stains on that one's waistcoat ; who, sitting on a lotus flower in the selfless Nirvana of Buddha, would find withered petals ; who, wandering deified through the Greek Elysian Fields, would discover a fly in Hebe's nectar; or who, reading that perfect periodical TIME, would stumble over idiosyncrasies...
...standards Mr. Train sets himself in some chapters, the story is a disappointment. It seems that the love of women ruins books as well as men. But the people who have become accustomed to the concluding closeups of unreal worlds are not disappointed. For the last paragraph submerges with lotus-like caresses any surviving trace of thought-provoking material...
...Osaka, Japan, one Senichiro Tokuriki, shoemaker, lived with his wife until his two sons, Kazuo and Saburo, had reached the age of 18 and 19 respectively. Then, thinking that they were doubtless competent to fend for the woman, he chose another wife (a very lotus blossom for fairness) and moved away. The mother grieved herself to the edge of death, and the two lads, seeing that it was no laughing matter, took counsel together. They thought of a way to make their father come home. One night when there was no moon they stole out of the house and made...
...state of New York is attempting to curb fake spiritualism by prohibiting the advertising of fortune tellers, clairvoyants, and mediums," continued Mr. Dunworth. "Now they hang out a shingle with the inscription 'Church of Truth', or 'Lotus Temple' and make twice as much money...
...offer you at once welcome and bon vonaae. May favoring breezes and kindly seas make your homeward journey pleasant and may you always remember that, however difficult the public business upon which you have been engaged, you went out to your ship from the Lotus Club amid the cheers and good wishes of sincere and affectionate friends of France...