lay the sure foundations of Mr. Gokhale's work. And with all his comprehensiveness of judgment and mental clarity he never dropped into the academic fallacy of contempt. He impressed one as being among the most candid and unassuming of men and he was equally ready to give or to take advice where it seemed most serviceable. His mind possessed the qualities ascribed to statesmanship without ever losing the fire of its enthusiasms or its warm human interests. We feel that his loss touches deeply. not only India but the Empire and the whole world of men whose thoughts move in harmony, whether they know it or not, with the spirit of the brotherhood of "The Servants of India".
I can but offer my sincerest condolences to all the friends of Mr. Gokhale who are mourning his loss. I knew him only slightly, though I am glad to have had some conversations with him just before he left this country a month or so ago. No one could fail to be struck by the force and insight, the comprehensive grasp and the practical moderation of his mind, and his early death is widely felt to be a disaster not only in India, but in England.
I am glad to be able to express through the columns of India my grief at the death of my friend and colleague. In him India had a faithful and devoted son. He belonged to that race of Indians who retained that calm dignity of mind and spirit which comes from an unassailable belief in their own race and its destiny.
He knew the West, its powers and its kingdoms. No one paid a more wholehearted homage to its attainments. But he knew the East too. The breath of the life of his