পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/২০৮

EvKNTS OF HIS LIFE, 19. you enjoy much higher honours than what Government can confer on you. Yet it is a matter for felicitation to your friends that Government has not been slow to honour one held in such high esteem by them. Yours sincerely, Peary Mohan Mukherjee 8/2 Loudon Street, Cafcutta τησε 24, 1904ν Dear Sir Gooroodass Accept the sincere congratulations of an honest admirer of your life and career on the recognition of your long and meritorious work for our country by the Government of the day. Titles can add nothing to the claims which you have on the esteem and respect of your countrymen, but nonc the less your countrymen sincerely rejoice when thcy find a great and a good man among themselves deservedly honoured by the powers that be My personal relations with you, and my respect for your abilities and character stretch back through a period of forty years. I sat at your feet as a humble learner in the Presidency College in the oldeu days; I have watched your distinguished career first as a member of the Bar and then as a Judge of the High Court with admiration; and I have watched with still greater admiration your endeavours to help all public movements and your devotion to the cause of our country all this time. And if any thing can add to these claims to our