前略　過般来当地に参り、ヴィヴェーカーナンダ師に面会致し候。師は気魄学識超絶抜群、一代の名士と相見え、五天到るところ師を敬慕せざるはなし。而して、師は大乗をもって小乗に先んずるものと論じ、目下印度教は仏教より伝承せることを説き、釈尊をもって印度未曾有の教主となせり。

　師はまた英語をよくし、泰西最近の学理にも通じ、東西を綜合して不二宗門を説破す。議論風発、古大論師の面目あり。実に得難き人物と存じ候。出来得べくんば、小生帰朝の際同伴致すべき考へに候。

　　Coming to this place recently I have met Swami Vivekananda. He is so great in spirituality and learning that he is beyond comparison. I consider him to be the greatest man of this Age. Wherever you go (in India), you will not find anyone who does not love and respect him.....

　　The revered Swami is a very good speaker in English. He is thoroughly conversant with both Eastern and Western learnings and has synthesized them. He teaches the Religion of Oneness.

　　I would like to take him to Japan along with me when I go back.