পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩৪৮

TRIBUTEs. To HIS MEMORY. 829 May his soul rest in peace in the bosom of his Maker he loved so well The Bengal 4th December 1918. THE death of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee causes a void in our public life which will not be easily filled up. He was a great and good man and a learned and upright Judge. The story of his life is the story of triumph of an honest upright and brilliant career unblemished by a single dark spot either in public or private life, and of success resulting from the constant domination of higher over lower springs of action. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth; hic was verily a selfmade man. Speaking humanly Sir Gooroo Dass stands at that point of cquation in which the great conflicts of life neutralise with cach other. It is said that he almost always carried a copy of the Gita in his pockct and true it is that there are few men in India at present whose lives have bc.cn more harmoniously moulded by high principles. His public services and cverything else pale before the one element in his character and that is his sweetness and firm faith in God. He was a Hindu of Hindus. He never wished to advertise himself and was of a very retiring disposition. Sir Gooroo Dass died at the ripc age of 74 leaving sons, grandsons and a very large circle of friends and admirers to mourn his loss. A short sketch of his life is reproduced elsewhere from the Presidency College magazine and we hope to publish a more detailed account