( 1 1 ) to the general well-being. Nothing that is inexpansive and unchangeable has lived, and as Bankim Babu was anxious that Hinduism should live, he desired its adaptation to changing ideas, and in particular, to the changing conditions of life. No one should complain that a man so truly great, such a prince among men, was not duly honoured by the Government. Deputy Magistrates, Hindu and Mahomedan, have. before this, been Members of the Legislative council. Babu Bankim Chandra was not destined to be one of the select band. Others also have at times got prize appointments in and about Calcutta; none of those mercies were in store for such a one as Bankim. His highest official honour was a C. I. E. conferred on him only the other day. No one seems to have thought of him as a likely person for what has been called the Statutory Civil Service. An alien Government cannot know the best among the people except by chance Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee could spare any honours that might come from such a quarter. He held a sceptre brighter, purer and for some purposes more potent than any that political rulers might wield. There is none to grasp it now His countrymen treated him well in life, and they will only honour themselves if they now honour his memory. The great never die ; their influence abides. Bankim Babu dead may render even greater service than Bankim Babu alive, for the sense of his loss may stimulate others to take up his work and follow in his wake. Let us hope that some shoulders, if not of one, at any rate of a party, will be found capable of bearing his mantle, and that the charm of his name will be a rallying point for * band of sincere and earnest workers. The Indian Nation. & April 16th, 1894.
