পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩৪৬

TRIBUTEs. To HIs MEMORY. 327 a lawyer, a judge, and educationist in the true sense of the term, a public man and a leader of his countrymen. As a Vakil, he rose to the highest pinnacle of fame by his profound knowledge of law and mastery of facts. Whether at Berhampore or in the Calcutta High Court, Dr. Gooroo Das Banerjee represented all that was bcst and noblest in the legal profession. Of the Bench, he was literally an ornament, whose lucid and welhreasoned cxposition of law, specially of Hindu law, and uncompromising independence of character have carned for him an honoured position among the forcmost judges in the land. He cnjoyed in a pre-eminent measure the confidence of his colleagucs, the Bar, the litigants and the public and all had the supreme faith that Mr. Justice Gooroo Das Banerjee could never do a wrong. But though law was his vocation in life, the work of education was near to his heart and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to help in the progress of edueation in all its branches and the spread of sound (educational ideas. He was the first Indian Vice-chancellor of the University and was for a long time an indefa tigable member of the Senate, which profited so much by his counsels of wisdom. As a leader of the community he was, though the least self-assertive and ever disposed to place himself in the background, honoured and respected by all classes and sections of the public. His sage advice was eagerly sought for in connection with various progressive movements. He was assiduous in his exertions for the success of any cause calculated to benefit his countrymen in any department of life. But