... In this connection let me briefly narrate an interesting research a friend of mine carried out recently. She was conducting a class in Cambridge when she wanted to find out the kind of responses she would get from students when different styles of prose writings were given to them for study. As a part of the exercise she picked up a number of passages from a particular author and gave these to them, of course without disclosing his identity; nor did she reveal the names of the books from where these passages were selected.

The answer from the students was astonishing. They all said: “This author must have been from Cambridge.” They justified it in terms of the sweep and dignity of the style, the depth of thought, the powerful rhythm in which the prose moved,—the hallmark of a Cambridge educated was unmistakable in those passages, they maintained.

The author selected by my friend was Sri Aurobindo!

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