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CHAPTER VIII

CONCLUSION.



"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

We preserve the names of those who render their services useful to humanity at large. Vidyasagar's noble exertions to forward the cause of education, his never-ceasing endeavours to better the condition of society, his sincere efforts to mitigate the sufferings of people, and his majestic and magnetic personality have earned for him a fame that posterity would not willingly let die.

As an educational officer he strained every nerve to perform his duties faithfully. He was true to the students, true to the professors, true to his own self. A stranger to cold insincerity and patronising manners,