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 ly for the organs of the Samaj edited by himself-—first the Brahma Prakasika and subsequently the Fellow-Worker.

For about a year after taking his Degree, he was connected with the editorial staff of a Madras Weekly known as The People'e Friend. Then he joined as a teacher, first the Theistic High School, Rajahmundry, and next the C. M. S. High School, Ellore, from where he transferred himself to the Hindu High School, Masulipatam, for the two years 1887-88. He took his M. A. Degree in English language and literature in 1891 and the L. T. Degree in 1897 and for some time also pursued his studies for law. This latter course, however, was finally abandoned for his divinely-appointed vocation—that noblest of professions through which, in the Telugu country, his life has provcd eminently helpful to the cause of enlightenment and progress. In 1892-93, he worked in Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras, as an “able and agreeable” Assistant Professor of English, according to the testimony of the then Principal.