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ardent imagination. The root ideas which his
youthful imagination had entertained were
never allowed to slumber. They were slowly
nurtured and developed so that in the ful-
ness of time he might give them unfettered
wings for purposes of practical action.
Though imaginative he was no empty dreamer.
Life to him was no dream. Life was real, Life
was earnest as the great popular American
poet has sung. His visions were of a practical
character which at the right psychological
hour he was able successfully to realise,
satisfy his own patriotic ambition, and render
lasting good to his countrymen. His visions
were a kin to those described by a well known
English poet ;
" Our visions have not come to naught
Who saw by lightening in the night
The deeds we dreamed are being wrought
By those who work in clearer light."
The visions seen by lightening in his early
youth Mr. Tata converted in the bloom of his
manhood into glorious deeds with the clearer
light of the sun of his natural prosperity. He
was one of those architects of fate who work
in the walls of Time. And time, the teacher.

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