TRIBUTES TO HIs MEMORY. 341 Much as we shall miss him, the occasion, however, is not one for absolute lanentation or despair, and we take our farewell of him not in a spirit of mournfulness but of hopefulness, saying with Lowell: “The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.” May he rest in peace Allahabad Lau Journal, January 1919. It is with profound regret that we have to record the death of the late Sir Gooroo Dass Bancrjee, who besides being the distinguished Indian that he was, was intimately connected with the Benares Hindu University from its very inception. Gifted with natural endowments of a high order he made his mark very early at the legal profession and rose to be a Judge of the High Court, on retirement from which he devoted himself entirely to public life. Next to Law, Education may be said to have claimed his most absorbing attention and as Vicc-Chancellor of the University and member of the Indian Universities Commission of 1902, he rendered signal service in its cause, not to speak of the inspiration he furnished to the movement of the Hindu University. Sir Gooroo Dass was a noble example of the finest type of Hindu culture; with the deepest feelings of spiritual life and an absolutely unblemished record of personal character and achievement, he was a centre of stimulation to all people who came into contact with him. If ever it has been found possible in recent
