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THE ORIGIN OF THE HINDOO PATRIOT. 67 to receive outside assistance, even when voluntarily offered by friends and admirers. There are only two instances in which we find him breaking his resolution. It is said, that on . one occasion the patriotic zemindar Rajahs, Protap Chunder Singh and Ishur Chunder. Singh, of Paikpara proposed to make him a grant of a compara- tively large sum of money to reimburse his losses, and enable him to improve the Hindoo Patriot. But nothing tempted; he declined the kind offer, thankfully yet firmly: When; however, the type showed progressive signs of decay and com-, plaints began to pour in, that the broken type and numerous- typographical errors unduly taxed the eye of the reader, he at last consented to receive the proffered aid. Babu Hurish Chunder Mukberjee never courted the favour of any body* nor did he rely* upon outside help of any description in conducting the Patriot, a journal the like of which can- scarcely be now seen in any part of India. To notice with, any approach to minuteness all his writings scattered about in the Hindoo Patriot, or to criticize them minutely, is impossible within the narrow compass at our command. We shall refer only to some important contributions of the great Brahmin publicist. Early in 1854 appeared a learned and philosophical article on "Hindu aud European civilization— a. contrast," in which he discriminated the difference between- the two, proved the weak points of Europeans and defended, his countrymen from the reproach of semi-barbarism. The article could not fail to attract notice, and was answered in the Anglo-Indian press, but indifferently. The superiority of the- Hindoo Patriot in erudition and philosophy as well as in. knowledge of the different systems was obvious. Without formally defending himself Hurish ^followed upv with other articles on European, specially British sociology. Thus he* compared English "Strikes" with Bengali Dharmaghats*. Again he expressed his impression of the tendencies of the-