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the members, but also in raising the Society in the eyes of the University authorities to give it due recognition.
now conclude with a couple of quotations. The late Dr. SUKTHANKAR said in his sectional President's address at Tirupati 15 years ago,
"It is the debt to the rais, which is difficult to discharge and which usually remains unpaid. Let us, however, follow the mandate of the scriptures and let us not forget our debt to the rsis, even if it has been neglected in the past. Let us not forget our debt to the Maharşi Papini, who has made the name of our country resound in the halls of the academies of the world. Let us endeavour by our assiduous and fruitful study to keep bright the fair name of that illustrious Muni of imperishable fame, Pănini!"
And as recently as 17th October 1955, while requesting Shri Balasaheb KHER to inaugurate the Autumn School of Linguistics, Dr. KATRE repeated,
"With your blessings, we are confident that the beginning made here will prove itself fruitful and produce not unworthy successors to the great Acharyas and Rishis who established the science of Linguistics for the first time in India. May these efforts succeed in raising a Panini or a Patañjali in the next few generations to uphold and sustain the position of India as a leading country for the scientific study of languages!"
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