পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩৪৭

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328 TRIBUTEs To IIIs ME:MroRY. more than everything else, he was a man of the trucst metal, possessing a sweet and lovable pcrsonality, a magnetic and winsome character, white as snow and pure as lily. When we think of him, we cannot help feeling how much learning, lhow much modest and unassuming simplicity, how much piety and how much patriotism have passed away with him. That voice which everybody was glad to hoar is hushq in the silence of death. Hut if to live in the hoarts and memories of those we leave behind is not to dio, Gooroo Das Banerjee is not dead. From his frail bark, the noble soul has winged its flight. But ho has left bohind a shining example, of life's work don) with a high sense of duty, which like a boacon-light, will continue to elevate and inspire his countrymen. He was a prince among men, one of God's elect, who sent all around the fragrance of a sweet and beautiful life and character. It will be long, long before the void which his death has caused, will be filled. As the poet has said, “he most lives who thinks most, feels tho noblest, acts the best' and such a noble life was lived by Sir Gooroo Das Banerjee. He has bc.cn taken away from us at a critical moment when more than over his wisdom and experience would have becn of great help to the country. But so long as greatness of manhood and goodness of character are regarded as the assets of the world, Gooroo Das Banerjee will enjoy an immortality which is not given to all the sons of men, to whom his countrymen will turn, as to a venerable repository of sweetness and light, for inspiration and guidance.