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INTRODUCTION.
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In this way Ram Mohun Roy laboured for sixteen
years in Calcutta for the good of his country, and took no
rest. Born at a time when people would prostrate them-
selves at the feet of Brahmins, and tremble at the sight
of Englishmen, when women were treated as no better
than slaves, when people knew not what freedom was,
when the night of ignorance and superstition had darken-
ed the face of Bengal, Ram Mohun Roy brought down
light from heaven, and made the blind to see, spoke
about freedom and true manhood, with a voice of power
the like of which had not been heard since the days
of Buddha, put himself between the oppressed Hindu
female and her oppressors, and singlehanded fought
the battle of truth against idolatry and error, while his
countrymen wondered and understood him not. Raja
Radhakanta Deb, with his Dharma Sabha, and the
whole country at his back, was no match for one who
had been only a Collector's sheristadar. He was a giant
among his contemporaries, and with his giant strength
he fought the superstitions of his country, and the evil
fate of this unfortunate land, while his countrymen
wanted to take a life that was being freely spent for
them.
Ram Mohun Roy had been intending from a long
time to go to England, but, as he said, he refrained
from carrying this intention into effect, until his church
had become strong. The Brahaio Somaj was esta-
blished in 1828. The worship of the One True God
was regularly carried on, and we have got, out of 98
sermons which were preached while he was at Calcutta,
the first 17 in Bengali, and the translation of the first
second, and the sixth in English. He composed hymns,
xxi
In this way Ram Mohun Roy laboured for sixteen
years in Calcutta for the good of his country, and took no
rest. Born at a time when people would prostrate them-
selves at the feet of Brahmins, and tremble at the sight
of Englishmen, when women were treated as no better
than slaves, when people knew not what freedom was,
when the night of ignorance and superstition had darken-
ed the face of Bengal, Ram Mohun Roy brought down
light from heaven, and made the blind to see, spoke
about freedom and true manhood, with a voice of power
the like of which had not been heard since the days
of Buddha, put himself between the oppressed Hindu
female and her oppressors, and singlehanded fought
the battle of truth against idolatry and error, while his
countrymen wondered and understood him not. Raja
Radhakanta Deb, with his Dharma Sabha, and the
whole country at his back, was no match for one who
had been only a Collector's sheristadar. He was a giant
among his contemporaries, and with his giant strength
he fought the superstitions of his country, and the evil
fate of this unfortunate land, while his countrymen
wanted to take a life that was being freely spent for
them.
Ram Mohun Roy had been intending from a long
time to go to England, but, as he said, he refrained
from carrying this intention into effect, until his church
had become strong. The Brahaio Somaj was esta-
blished in 1828. The worship of the One True God
was regularly carried on, and we have got, out of 98
sermons which were preached while he was at Calcutta,
the first 17 in Bengali, and the translation of the first
second, and the sixth in English. He composed hymns,