The Life of Swami Vivekananda: By His Eastern and Western Disciples (In 2 Volumes)

Now and then, at long intervals of time, a being fins his way to this planet who is unquestionably a wanderer from another sphere; who brings with him to this sorrowful world some of the glory, the power, the radiance of the far distant region from which he came. …Such a being is beyond all comparison, for he transcends all ordinary standards and ideas. Others may be brilliant, his mind is luminous…Others may be great, they are great only as compared with those in their own class. Others may be good, powerful, gifted, having more of goodness, more of power, more of genius than the fellowmen. It is only a matter of comparison. But with Swami Vivekananda, there could be no comparison. He was in a class by himself. He belonged to another order. He was not of this world. He was a radiant being who had descended from another, a higher sphere for a definite purpose. One might have known that he would not stay long.