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সিবিল সাব্বিস ও ব্যারিষ্টারি পরীক্ষা જે সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরই ১৮৬৩ সনে সিবিল সাব্বিস পরীক্ষায় সাফল্য লাভ করিয়াছিলেন । বিলাতের The Times পত্রে ১৮৬৯ সনের সিবিল সার্বিস প্রতিযোগিতা-পরীক্ষার ফল এইরূপ প্রকাশিত হয় :– The following are the successful candidates at the recent open competition for the Civil Service of India, provided they pass a medical examination, to be held in London in the course of the ensuing week : Order of Names Total No. of Mferiț Marks. i Johnstone, Pierce De Lacy Henry 2,188 2 Smith, Vincent Arthur 1,802 § Dutt, Romesh Chunder 1,737 14 Gupta, Bihari Lal 1,446 38 Banerjea, Surendra Nath 1,125 39 Thakur, Sripad Babaji 1,123 পরীক্ষায় সাফল্য লাভ করিয়া রমেশচন্দ্র অগ্রজকে যে সুদীর্ঘ পত্র লেখেন, তাহার কিয়দংশ নিম্নে উদ্ধৃত করিতেছি :– A year of hard study has passed, and we at last appeared at the Open Competition of 1869. I need scarcely tell you that never before did we study so hard and so unremittedly as during the past year. We attended classes of the London University College, and also took private lessons from some of the Professors of the College. I shall never forget the kindness which we have received from them ; they have been more like friends than teachers to us. I wish specially to mention the names of two gentlemen to whom we are under deep obligation. I have never known a kinder, a more genuine and true-hearted Englishman than Mr. Henry Morley, Professor of English Literature. We attended his classes, we took private lessons from him, we shared his hospitality, and we benefited by his kind, friendly, and everhelpful advice,...Not less are we indebted to Dr. Theodore