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A short biographical sketch* of Mr. Lallubhal
Motichand Mehta, B. A. LL. B.
( By Prof. T. P. Trivedi, M. A. LL. B.
D. J. Sind College. )
“ Not to no end he lived, though short his day
Not fruitless all those weary weeks of pain, Early matured for heaven, he pass’d away Nor. death he dreaded, when to die was gain."
- Thomas Hill“ The highest object of life we take to be to form a manly character, and to work out the best development possiblo of body and spirit-of mind, conscience, heart and soul This is the end; all else must be regarded as the means. Accordingly that is not the most successful life in which a
* It is one of the saddest ironies of fatz for me that at a timo when I should have expected to enjoy the pleasurablo company of my dear friend Lallubhai, and to derive the benofit from his cheerful conversation and sage counsel, I am called upon to discharge the sorrowful duty of writing down a biographical sketch of his short but noteworthy career. In preparing this slight sketch of a grievously short but highly illustrious career, I have derived considérable information from the members of the family of the deceased, and much valuable assistance from the opinions regarding Lallabhai's character given by men of high respectability and position in life. I am particularly obliged to the Hon. Mr. Lallubhai Samaldas Mehta, C. I, E, and to Mr. Gulabrai G. Desai, B. A. LL. B. the leading pleader of the Bhavnagar Bar, for the keen interest which they have taken in this sketch while it was getting ready, and for their valuable anggestions and advice.
