পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩৫৮

TRIBUTEs. To His MEMORY. 339 such keen intellectual interests could not be expected to remain inactive, and public questions affecting the well being of the country claimed his attention. A strong thinker, he had large and noble views of mankind, and a public measure was good or bad in his cycs solely by its tendency to make men nobler, greater, more virtuous or otherwisc, and his voice was always raised on the side of truth and generosity and true progress. His book called “A few thoughts on Education' which he published soon after his retirement is warm with noble thought and generous feeling, and, in a small compass, is a courageous announcement of the matured results of experienced obscrvation and conscientious reflection. It will repay careful perusal by all who are interested in the cause of educational reform, and it is admirably adapted to facilitate the right solution of the various problems which are receiving attention at the present moment. These questions primarily and closely concern our public schools and the universities as agents in the formation of national character. He was also not unmindful of the claims of his mother-tonguc, and he enriched the literature of his country by his various contributions to religious and philosophical thought. II is religious faith must bo left to another occasion and to worthier hands. But the fact must be mentioned that religion-the orthodox religion of his forefathers- was the essence, the savour, the motive power of his being. It was the predominant part of his life to which all else was subordinated. Holding such strong convictions as he did, the wonder is that he had *teh generous sentiments about those to whom his slhib