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 "He had kept The whiteness of his life, and thus men o'er him wept"! "God accept him, Christ receive him!"

Your companion in grief and gratitude, R. Venkata Ratnam.

To
 * The Hon'ble Rai Bahadur
 * Sir K. V. Reddi naidu B.A.,B.L., Kt.,
 * President, Miller Memorial Meeting,
 * Christian College,
 * Madras.

The esteemed Editor of the College Magazine gives me a gracious invitation to send a short contribution to the 'Memorial' number; and I am sincerely grateful for this privilege. Though I greatly doubt my fitness for this distinction, in view of the several learned 'appreciations' from others, I thankfully avail myself of this opportunity, as the kind invitation has it, "to offer this last tribute to the memory of