Did Vivekananda say "The world is ready to give up its..."?

In his words

Yes. Swami Vivekananda said this in Introductory (Complete Works, vol 1).

The version people share

“The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow.”

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What he said

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The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow

More in his words

Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

We have indeed many things to learn from others, yea, that man who refuses to learn is already dead.

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Is "The world is ready to give up its..." in the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda?

Yes. Swami Vivekananda said this in Introductory (Complete Works, vol 1).

How do you check a Vivekananda quote?

Search a distinctive phrase in the Complete Works (Advaita Ashrama, nine volumes; the text is on ramakrishnavivekananda.info and Wikisource). If only quote sites carry it, with no volume or lecture named, treat it as unverified.

Sources and method

Matched against The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Mayavati Memorial Edition, vols 1 to 8 (9,239 paragraphs, Bengali translations checked separately), with Python difflib. In his words: 90 or more out of 100. Paraphrase: 70 to 90. Not in his works: under 70, and no hit in a phrase search of Wikisource across all volumes, including vol 9. This line scored 100.