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Letter №85-B, p. 25

present A. P. Sinnett — (also and by far more "a new invention" than the ex A.P.S.) — not with the ancient man.

Yes; Love and Hatred are the only immortal feelings; but the gradations of tones along the 7 by 7 scales of the whole key-board of life, are numberless. And, since it is those two feelings — (or, to be correct, shall I risk being misunderstood again and say those two poles of man's "Soul" which is a unity?) — that mould the future state of man, whether for devachan or Avitcha then the variety of such states must also be inexhaustible. And this brings us to your complaint or charge, number —

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— for, having eliminated from your past life the Ratigans and Reeds who with you have never transcended beyond the boundaries of the lower portion of your 5th principle with its vehicle — the Kama — what is it but the "partial remembrance" of a life? The lines marked with your reddestpencil are also disposed of. For how can you dispute the fact that music and harmony are


Notes: 

Clive Ratigan purchased The Pioneer in 1882, and the following year Sinnett left the paper where he had been employed for 11 years.