পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩২৬

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( 2 ) As announced in our last issue, the bust of the late Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee was unveiled in the Eastern Hall of the Scnate House on Saturday, the 6th December, 1924, by the Hon’ble Justice Sir Ewart Greaves, ViceChancellor. The ceremony took place before a wellattended meeting of Follows of this University. Sir Nilratan Sircar, on behalf of the Senate, requested Sir Ewart to unveil the bust and observed as follows: "It is my privilege to ask you on behalf of the members of this University to unveil the bust that has bc.cn installed here in order to perpetuate the mcmory of Sir Gooroo IDass Bancrjee. We all know that no marble, or for the matter of that, no precious metal can adequately represent the departed saint whose loss we all mourn. But we, however, have faith in symbols and this piece of marble will be dear and sacred to our heart so long as it represents the features of Sir Gooroo Dass. Sir, to a nation nothing is so precious as the example of the lives of its groat men. This little bust will not only recount to future generations the noble words. and deeds of Sir Gooroo Dass, but will also inspire them with the spirit of his saintly life that was dedicated to the devoted service of God and man. You are, Sir, to-day in the forefront of those who are trying to realise the cultural ideal for which Sir Gooroo Dass lived and strove, and it is in the fitness of things that the task of unveiling his bust has been entrusted to you, which I earnestly invite you to do.'