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Tagore occupied the highest place among the people of India. Maulvi Abdul Kasem offered congratulation on behalf of the Mahomedan Community of... Mr. Holland Mr. Holland said that in awarding the Nobel Prize to Mr. Tagore Europe had honoured herself. In this year's award the often quoted couplet; “East is East, and West is West and that never the twain shall meet” had been repudiated. This year East and West had met in the temple of spirit and not in the temple of God made with hands. Mr. S. Bhattacharjee then presented Mr. Tagore with a gift in the shape of a picture on behalf of the Bengal artists. Babu Purnendu Nath Nahar on behalf of the Jaina Sampradaya presented Mr. Tagore with a garland and congratulated him on the honour that he had obtained. Professor Monmotho Mohun Bose also congratu lated Mr. Tagore on behalf of the students of the Sahitya Parishad. Mr. Tagore's Reply Mr. Robindra Nath Tagore in reply thanked them for the honour done to him. Although he did not consider 8 * 8