Swami Vivekananda Smiling at Thousand Island Park

This is the “head-and-shoulders” print made at Thousand Island Park. “The original print of this head-and-shoulders photo bears the name of the studio: Lamson & Van Camp, 1000 Island Park, N.Y.” 30 ❊ ❊ ❊ Wednesday, June 19, 1895 In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions, and none will be imposed. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us. Thursday, August 1, 1895 Give as the rose gives perfume, because it is its own nature, utterly unconscious of giving. (CW [1979] 7:5,86)