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INTRODUCTION.
XXX
European and Indian, of the great reformer have all
Passed away—they who would have cherished these
yolames with passionate admiration. The enthusiastic
wnter of the 'Last days in England,1 the Rev. Mr. Adam
and he too, the last surviving disciple of Ram Mohun
^•°y» Chunder Sekhur Deb,—they who would have re-
joiced beyond a common rejoicing on this occasion,
°ave all passed away. And he the American Missionary,
Rev. C. H. A. Ball, who was called to this country,
as he said, by reading these works, and Akhoy Coomar
whose passionate lament in his last work at the
lngratitude of his countrymen towards Ram Mohun
Roy is never to be forgotten : none of these persons,
the desire of whose hearts was the publication of these
^orks for the good of man, and whose words have
always been a stimulus to us in our undertaking, has
lived to see the completion of the task. We have
]ndeed been very late. 'Long years required to roll
by,' said Miss Mary Carpenter, 'and many changes to
take place in India before his country should be pre-
pared truly to appreciate the great reformer.' More
than half a century has now passed, and changes great
^deed have taken place. The country has at last
awaken to a sense of the great debt of gratitude it owes
to Ram Mohun Roy, Now at last we hope that his
^orks, so long neglected, will be valued by his country-
men as they deserve, and we further hope, with Miss
Mary Carpenter, that through their means 'the high
and excellent aspirations of Ram Mohun Roy will
kindle the hearts of generation after generation of his
countrymen, and through them of countless multitudes ;
that listening with reverence to his voice, now speaking
XXX
European and Indian, of the great reformer have all
Passed away—they who would have cherished these
yolames with passionate admiration. The enthusiastic
wnter of the 'Last days in England,1 the Rev. Mr. Adam
and he too, the last surviving disciple of Ram Mohun
^•°y» Chunder Sekhur Deb,—they who would have re-
joiced beyond a common rejoicing on this occasion,
°ave all passed away. And he the American Missionary,
Rev. C. H. A. Ball, who was called to this country,
as he said, by reading these works, and Akhoy Coomar
whose passionate lament in his last work at the
lngratitude of his countrymen towards Ram Mohun
Roy is never to be forgotten : none of these persons,
the desire of whose hearts was the publication of these
^orks for the good of man, and whose words have
always been a stimulus to us in our undertaking, has
lived to see the completion of the task. We have
]ndeed been very late. 'Long years required to roll
by,' said Miss Mary Carpenter, 'and many changes to
take place in India before his country should be pre-
pared truly to appreciate the great reformer.' More
than half a century has now passed, and changes great
^deed have taken place. The country has at last
awaken to a sense of the great debt of gratitude it owes
to Ram Mohun Roy, Now at last we hope that his
^orks, so long neglected, will be valued by his country-
men as they deserve, and we further hope, with Miss
Mary Carpenter, that through their means 'the high
and excellent aspirations of Ram Mohun Roy will
kindle the hearts of generation after generation of his
countrymen, and through them of countless multitudes ;
that listening with reverence to his voice, now speaking