at that time he adopted his stage name mirin dajo, esperanto for "wonder" (the right form should be "mirindaĵo" – wonder, abstract substantive derived from adjective "mirinda" – wonderful). he saw the use of esperanto  – one language to be used around the world – as a way of uniting mankind, his primary goal. because he needed a licence to perform in public he was taken to professor carp, dr. bertholt and dr. stokvis of the university of leiden. his act was allowed but not his concomitant lecture, thereby hindering the "mission" to inform the world of his message of "love and peace".