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Rh men of their standard, and were the generating cause of a great disagreement between the two, which ended only with their life. No doubt, Vidyasagar displayed his able powers of investigation, a great tact and ingenuity in arrangement of arguments and drawing up of conclusions, and his command of language in his papers, but in trying to attack Tarkavachaspati, he failed to keep his temper. It must be admitted, to the great credit of Vidyasagar, that the system of logical arguments and reasonings adopted by him was quite unprecedented in the annals of Bengal. Some vain and defiant writers of Bengali insinuate that Vidyasagar was devoid of originality, and sometimes ridicule his translated works. We have nothing to say against these meanly malicious self-arrogant people; they are mere objects of pity. Vidyasagar's papers on Polygamy are masterpieces of original composition.

Vidyasagar also wrote an English version of his papers on Polygamy, and commenced its publication. A portion of it was only printed, but he could not finish the printing.

In June, 1872, Vidyasagar's second daughter, Kumudini Devi, was married to Aghor Nath Chattopadhyay of Rudrapur in the district of 24