result of this was that the membership of the D. E. Society began to be considered as a good start for a beginner in Poona and that if he had any energy and ambition, he could use it as a stepping stone for personal distinction. The scale of the salaries of the members of the Society was first increased to give them free time and energy to work for the common object and then the theory of four-hours' service was propagated to satisfy the financial ambitions of individual members, who priding themselves on the name of Indian Jesuits, were not willing to imitate the singleminded devotion of the European Jesuits. Mr. Tilak, therefore rightly insisted that either the outside work should be stopped or that, a rule should be made that the profits of the extra work should go to the common fund as in the case of Missionary Societies.*[1] It was with this view that a resolution was passed, in February 1888, that if any special book was required for the school, it should be prepared by open competition and its copyright purchased by the Managing Board. The very first case, however that came for consideration, was decided on a contrary principle. Mr. Gokhale, who was given Arith-
- ↑ * Mr. Gokhale, who in these controversies had uniformly opposed Mr. Tilak has himself framed the following rule for his Servants of India Society:—
(Rule IX d) That he (a member of the Society) will be content with such provision for himself and his family, if he has any, as the Society may be able to make. He will devote no part of his energies to earning money for himself.
What Mr. Tilak insisted upon, in all the acrimonious controversies which his opponents in the D. E, Society thought fit to indulge in, was only this that a Life-Member of the Institution will devoie no part of his energies to earning money for himself.
