পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/২০২

EvENTs oF HIS LIFE. 185 of justice, his great learning and the conscientious discharge of his duties. His judgments are always very thorough and learned and though in some instances the conscientious labour and study that he devoted to them tended to make them a little too technical yet their value as contributions to the legal literature is well recognised. s t The natural gentlenoss of his character and his essentially Hindu spirit of never making himself unincccssarily hurtful to others, be it his colleagues on the Bench or Counsel of the Bar, have perhaps sometimes been mistaken for weakness. But all the same whenever any substantial question of Law or Justice was concerned it will be admitted by all that he never gave in to such considerations and stood firm to the call of duty. This is borne out by his dissentient judgments in Court as also by his able note of Dissent in the report of the Universities Commission. There is one phase of Mr. Justice Banerjec's character without noticing which no sketch of his life would be complete. Throughout this period of transition when everything old is regarded as superstitious, when the advent of Western Civilisation has brought new ideals of religion amidst us, he has continued in the religion of his forefathers rigidly following the ceremonials and strictly adhering to the usages of his caste. * * *. All the same the fact that he has lived a highly moral life according to his own ideals has made him uniformly respected by people of every creed, caste and