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A man who girds up his loins for noble action would scarcely find much respite even towards the fag-end of his checkered life. Even in advancing years and declining health, he has to stick manfully to his work and do the battle of life with unbroken spirit, sustained by the consciousness of compassing his country's good. Vidyasagar was no exception to this general rule.

In January 1872 his second daughter Kumudini Devy was married to Aghor Nath Chatterji of Rudrapur (Twenty-four Pargannas). About this time Narayan