A solar eclipse is a darkening of the sun caused by another heavenly body the moon coming between it and the spectator. The cause is so simple and familiar that it is difficult to imagine what terror was caused by such a phenomenon, before a knowledge of astronomy showed how it arose. […]
Good deeds may be done by any one in any walk of life; by the soldier in barracks or on the battle-field, by the woman in the home, the nurse in the hospital, the business-man in his office, the boy at school, or the inventor in the work ship. […]
I remember well my first sight of Mumbai. It was from the sea, and the steamboat which brought me had anchored in the harbour very early in the morning. When I made my way on deck, in the distance could be seen the low-lying land of the island with the Taj Mahal Hotel, the Rajabai Tower and other big buildings [...]