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(lхххіі, ). command over the language, and may be you are rich and respected. You may deceive the common people by your refined manners, for they are ignorant of most things. But beware of the terrible time when they will be obliged to pass their days in sorrow as the effect of the poison which you now scatter. What penance is there for such a sin ? Great changes have taken place in Bengal during the last eighty years, but real power has not sprung in a single direction. Why P Because it will have to be admitted that something is wrong at the very bottom of things. There has been much talk but no real work. Will it not be better for the orators and writers to be dumb and to re-uain silent for a season P The Bengalis are being driven to and fro by that gust of wind which comes from the west. But do not be double-faced; do not make your life unhappy like the husband who has two wives and who has to please both. Nome dan stop the current of air; if not, then enjoy the breeze to the full. If you are afraid of catching cold, put on warm clothing. If you have no means of getting that, earn it by working hard ; use animal food, so that you may be strong enough to work hard. No openings for your labur ? why there is agriculture, there are manufacturing industries by means of machinery and all the appliances, contrivances, and discoveries modern science has placed at your disposal. In tact there are numerous ways for profitable employment of your labour. Who is to shew you the way ? Why - the English, who will be your mastet,