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"Love is not discoverable by the eye, but only by the soul. Itselements are indeed innate in our mortal constitution, and wegive it the names of Joy and Aphrodite; but in its highest nature nomortal hath fully comprehended it."
"Every one choose the object of his affections according to hischaracter…. The Divine is beauty, wisdom, goodness, and by these thewings of the soul are nourished."
1917
The following Sonnet Sequence,—written during rare intervals of leisurein a busy and strenuous life,—was privately printed in Madras early in1914, without any intention of publication on the part of the author. Hehas, however, now consented to allow it to be given to a wider audience;and we anticipate in many directions a welcome for this small butsignificant volume by the writer of India to England, one of the mostpopular and often-quoted lyrics evoked by the Great War.
The Nawab Nizamat Jung Bahadur, was born in the State of Hyderabad, buteducated in England; and there are some—at Cambridge and elsewhere—whowill remember his keenly discriminating interest in British history andliterature, and the comprehensive way he, in a few words, would indicatehis impressions of poets and heroes, long dead, but to him ever-living.
His appreciation was both ardent and just; he could swiftly recognisethe nobler elements in characters which at first glance might seemstartlingly dissimilar; and he could pass without apparent effort fromstudy of the lives of men of action to the inward contemplations ofabstruse philosophers.
To those who have not met him, it may appear paradoxical to say that histastes were at the same moment acutely fastidious and widelysympathetic; but anyone who has talked with him will recall the blend ofhigh impersonal ideas with a remarkable personality which seldom failedto stimulate other minds—even if those others shared few if any of hisintellectual tastes.
A famous British General (still living) was once asked, "What is themost essential quality for a great leader of men?" And he replied in oneword "SYMPATHY." The General was speaking of leadership in relation towarfare; and by "Sympathy" he meant swift insight into the minds ofothers; and, with this insight, the power to arouse and fan into a flamethe spark of chivalry and true nobility in each. The career of the NawabNizamat Jung has not been set in the world of action,—he is at presenta Judge of the Hi