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 cerely that Chaitanya's spirit has so soon passed away from a vast majority of his followers, leaving them "in a most abject condition of formalism and even immorality".* That the country, "over whose acres walked those blessed feet" that travelled far and wide in proclaiming the doctrine of devotion throughout the length and breadth of the land, should have forgotten so great a benefactor, is simply deplorable. But let us hope and pray that, not only Bengal, but the whole country will work together in reviving the glorious spirit of one who was himself the champion of unity. Let us hope and pray that our countrymen will yet kneel by the tomb of Chaitanya; and, imbibing an iota of his self-sacrifice and earnestness, work incessantly and work without end, until, stripped of all superstition and evry relic of idolatry, India comes to accept that Great God, "the One only without a second", the Father, Mother, Friend and Guide of all; until the flag of Monotheism