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 RAO BAHADUR K. VIRESALINGAM PANTULU.

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( 1910 )

Our venerated president, Pantulu Garu. is an institution by himself. He is a host in one. Again, he is the hint, the type, the ideal and the inspiration of what humanity ought to be and can be. Standing before him, I feel like standing before a mighty river or a lofty mountain that reveals the hidden possibilities and suggests the inner promise of men as their counterparts. Now I feel as the ancients felt when they heard the God-inspired, God-intoxicated sages speak. His words come, as from a hidden source, carrying with them a convincing power; not the words of one who has merely learnt

meeting (9-7- 10),
 * A fragment of a vote of thanks on presiding at a public