পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/১৪৩

26 EvKNTS OF HIS LIFE. The appointment of Dr. Gooroo Dass Banerjee to the vacant Judgeship in the Calcutta High Court, occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Justice Cunningham seems to have met with general approval from all classes. We are somewhat late in offering our own congratulations to Dr. Banerjee and to his colleagues on the local bench, but they are none the less sincere. In offering these congratulations we must not omit to express our acknowledgments to the Viceroy for his recommendation of so excellent an appointment. The choice of a successor to this important office reflects the greater credit on his Excellency, in that while admittedly capable of rendering valuable service to the State, the new Judge is known ever to have studiously avoided all appearanco of putting himself forward as a candidate for any public office of distinction or emolument. With a rare modesty and unobtrusiveness of disposition which are not often to be found associated with uncommon merit, Dr. Banerjee has never courted public favour, nor sought to thrust himself upon the noticc of Viceroy, Lieutenant-Governor or Chief Justice. In his case it may with perfect truth be said, that to exceptional merit alone must be attributed his present good fortune. As a member of the Bengal Legislative Council Dr. Banerjee acquitted himself with more than ordinary credit; and in the part he took as one of the Committee appointed to frame a scheme for the incorporation of the Suburbs with the Calcutta Municipality, Dr. Banerjee showed an independence of judgment and freedom from external influences, which with his eminent legal attainments