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158 BENGALI LITERATURE of these ancient works. The promotion of Bengali litera- ture thus effected by the example and impulse of the Press of Srirampur had been very important, although after 1825 it became less necessary because of numerous printing press springing up in Caleutta for the promotion of indige- nous talent. But this alteration of the state of things after 1825 is itself due mainly to the example and influence of Carey and the missionaries at Sriram pur. Nothing would be more fitting to close this perfunc- tory estimate of Carey and his works than the high tribute paid to Carey by a competent authority, the celebrated lexicographer and scholar, Ram Kamal The tribute of Ram Sen, “J must acknowledge here” Kamal Sen. ; : E he says in the Preface to his Bengali- English Dictionary (1880), ‘that whatever has been done towards the revival of the Bengali language, its improve- ment, and in fact, the establishment of it as a language, must be attributed to that excellent man, Dr. Carey, and his colleagues, by whose liberality and great exertions, many works have been carried through the press, and the general tone of the language of this province has been so greatly raised.”