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 26 LIFE OF MR. MANOMOHUN GHOSE. ponsibility is a mistake. In course of time, Mr. Ghose expects the Indian constitution will be analogous to that of the colonies. As regards female education, he is of opinion that a man who wants an intellectual companion must educate his wife ; but in the case of the vast body of his countrymen this want is not yet felt. Mr. Ghose had been married in his early youth, before he left for England. On his return, he gave his wife a good English education. Mrs. Ghose has twice accompanied him to England, and she is able to mix in English society like any English lady, while retaining at the same time the inherent modesty and the national instincts of a Hindu woman. CHAPTER VI. HIS DELEGATION TO ENGLAND. In August 1885, Mr. Ghose left for England, with his whole family for a change. He had not, before that, given himself any rest from his arduous work during a period of nearly 18 years. At that time, he had no idea that he would be called upon by his countrymen to discharge any public duty. In October of that year, however, while he was in England, the political associations all over India, in view of the approaching dissolution of Parliament, resolved upon sending to England, a delegate from each of the three Presidencies — Bengal, Bombay, and Madras, — for the purpose of agitating Indian ques- tions in England, and securing, if possible, greater attention to Indian affairs among the British Electors. The Bombay Association deputed Mr. N. G. Chan- da Varkur, while the Madras public bodies selected Mr. Salem Rama Swamy Mudilier to represent them in England ; and these gentlemen were acor- dingly sent at the expense of their respective Presi-