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[ 10-8-64 munity that is guily of such how many of them have a crime need never expect had their Boswells ? Unfortto win the face in the unatly, the supreme importterrible struggle for existence ance of national biographies which modern conaitions has yet not been thoroughly have made more terrible, grasped by the people of more strenuous than it need this land. It is a pity but it have been. A generation is true. All around us we that loses the “ foot " prints hear crics of the new awakof its great and good men ening, the forces that are does injustice not only to the said to be about to make memory of these individuals, their stupendous influence but may be saia literally to felt. There is also the quesbe cutting the ground from tion of education on national underneath its own feet in lines. Yet, most of us have as much as it does not leave lost sight of one of the moto its successors the “ prese- st potentia channels of Nantment” of the men that tional education, that of naplayed an important part in tional biography. Apart from mouldiny its character and what may be called All-Indestiny. In this respect India dia biographies, even single has been unpardonably guilty communities neglect the sacsince the advent of the red duty of cising biographic British in India and since monuments to the memory this country went under the of men who have exercised. direct control of its present not a little influence over Rulers. Many men in various their affairs in their life time. parts of this hoary land have The writing of the life stolived “their day” and illu- ries of such men is a duty, mined the whole land with indeed ! But more important the glory of their genius still is the duty of preservand achievements. And, yet, ing it in a permanent form
